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Colour

#609BFE

  • #609BFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#609BFE is a blue with RGB values 96, 155, 254 and HSL 218°, 99%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#609BFE#609BFE
HEX#609BFE
RGBrgb(96, 155, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6078, 0.9961
RGB percentages37.6%, 60.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(217.6, 98.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.6, 62.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK62.2%, 39%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,331,390
CSS custom property--colour: #609BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#9F6401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6FA4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5995FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00B1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 9.7Royal blue · ΔE 24.9Medium purple · ΔE 28.2Steel blue · ΔE 29.6Slate blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEC360
Analogous#60EAFE, #7460FE
Triadic#FE609B, #9BFE60
Split complementary#FE7460, #EAFE60
Tetradic#FE60EA, #FEC360, #60FE74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FBFF
Lighter +20%#C5DBFF
Lighter +10%#93BBFE
Darker −10%#2D7BFE
Darker −20%#025DF6
Darker −30%#014AC4
Darker −40%#013791
More saturated +25%#5F9BFF
Less saturated −25%#74A0EA

Channel breakdown

R96
G155
B254
Red96 (37.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue217.59°
Saturation (HSL)98.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 9B · B FE

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