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Recognised as Colour

#609DA9

  • #609DA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#609DA9 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 157, 169 and HSL 190°, 30%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#609DA9#609DA9
HEX#609DA9
RGBrgb(96, 157, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.6157, 0.6627
RGB percentages37.6%, 61.6%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(189.9, 29.8%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.9, 43.2%, 66.3%)
CMYK43.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,331,817
CSS custom property--colour: #609DA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#9F6256

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9399AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8790A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3FA2A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.9Light slate grey · ΔE 15.3Slate grey · ΔE 16.7Dark cyan · ΔE 17.1Teal · ΔE 18.3Sky blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A96C60
Analogous#60A990, #6079A9
Triadic#A9609D, #9DA960
Split complementary#A96079, #A99060
Tetradic#9060A9, #A96C60, #79A960

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4EFF1
Lighter +30%#C3DADF
Lighter +20%#A2C6CD
Lighter +10%#81B1BB
Darker −10%#4B808B
Darker −20%#39626A
Darker −30%#274349
Darker −40%#152528
More saturated +25%#41B2C8
Less saturated −25%#7F888A

Channel breakdown

R96
G157
B169
Red96 (37.6%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue189.86°
Saturation (HSL)29.8%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 60 · G 9D · B A9

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