Color specimenNo. 06333946

#60A5FA

Vivid Light Blue

A deterministic reference card for #60A5FA. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
96, 165, 250
HSL
213°, 94%, 68%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · blue

tailwind · blue 400

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-blue-400, text-blue-400, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · blue

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Class name
blue-400
Hex
#60A5FA
Closest CSS named color
cornflowerblue
Full color breakdown
/color/60a5fa

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #60A5FA as the text color.

2.54:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #60A5FA as the text color.

8.26:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #60A5FA as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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