Recognised as Colour

#609CA9

#609CA9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#609CA9 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 156, 169 and HSL 191°, 30%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#609CA9#609CA9

HEX#609CA9

RGBrgb(96, 156, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6118, 0.6627

RGB percentages37.6%, 61.2%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(190.7, 29.8%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 43.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK43.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,331,561

CSS custom property--colour: #609CA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.83:1

Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#9F6356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9298AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#868FA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#3FA1A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.7 Slate grey · ΔE 16.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5 Teal · ΔE 18.6 Sky blue · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A96D60

Analogous#60A992, #6077A9

Triadic#A9609C, #9CA960

Split complementary#A96077, #A99160

Tetradic#9260A9, #A96D60, #78A960

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E4EEF1

Lighter +30%#C3DADF

Lighter +20%#A2C5CD

Lighter +10%#81B1BB

Darker −10%#4B808B

Darker −20%#39616A

Darker −30%#274349

Darker −40%#152428

More saturated +25%#41B0C8

Less saturated −25%#7F888A

Channel breakdown

R96

G156

B169

Red96 (37.6%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue190.68°

Saturation (HSL)29.8%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 9C · B A9

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