#609EFF

sRGB: 96 / 158 / 255

Crystal visions linger without sound
Shimmering rivers transcend the boundaries of time
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#609EFF belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 96 red, 158 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 216.6° lands in the azure region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 96, 158, 255
HSL: 216.60°, 100.00%, 68.82%
HSV / HSB: 216.60°, 62.35%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 62.35%, 38.04%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.098, 34.159, 99.355
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.089, 9.199, -54.166
WCAG relative luminance: 0.34161
24-bit decimal: 6332159

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #609EFF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.83:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.68:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FFC160 sits half a turn (180°) from #609EFF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#609EFF #FFC160

Analogous

#60EEFF and #7160FF sit 30° to either side of #609EFF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#60EEFF #609EFF #7160FF

Triadic

#609EFF, #FF609E and #9EFF60 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#609EFF #FF609E #9EFF60

Split complementary

Start at #609EFF and look across the wheel. #FF7160 and #EEFF60 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#609EFF #FF7160 #EEFF60

Square

Starting with #609EFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF60EE, #FFC160, then #60FF71. Across the square, #609EFF pairs with #FFC160, and #FF60EE with #60FF71.

#609EFF #FF60EE #FFC160 #60FF71

Tetradic

#609EFF and #FFC160 are opposites, as are #C160FF and #9EFF60. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#609EFF #C160FF #FFC160 #9EFF60

Tints

Mixing #609EFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #80B1FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #DFECFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#609EFF #80B1FF #A0C5FF #BFD8FF #DFECFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #609EFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D7ECC, keeps 80% of the original. By #132033, the mixture is 80% black.

#609EFF #4D7ECC #3A5F99 #263F66 #132033 #000000

Tones

Mixing #609EFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6698E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #7A8699, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#609EFF #6698E6 #6D92CC #738CB3 #7A8699 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#609EFF

RGB

rgb(96 158 255)

HSL

hsl(216.604 100.000% 68.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #609EFF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#609EFF uses 96 red, 158 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 37.6%

Green 62.0%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #609EFF is 62.4% cyan, 38.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 62.4%

Magenta 38.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #6699FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #69F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #609EFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #6699FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #6699FF Nearest web-safe: #6699FF

Gradient to complement

#609EFF #7BA4E5 #95AACA #B0B0B0 #CAB595 #E5BB7B #FFC160

Color vision previews

Compare how #609EFF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#73A6FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5D97FD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00B4C2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6BA2FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#609AFE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#52A5EB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9E9E9E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#849ED6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.11697 G 0.34191 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.43264 G 0.61343 B 0.97190

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.15691 G 0.33445 B 0.93727

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.208 y 0.203 Y 34.159

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 62.353 M % 38.039 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01100000 10011110 11111111