#608deb

Color #608deb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#608deb

RGB

rgb(96, 141, 235)

HSL

hsl(220.6, 77.7%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.6, 59.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.1%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(59.46, 12.64, -52.11)

LCH

lch(59.46, 53.62, 283.63)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.149, 263.53)

HWB

hwb(220.6, 37.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbe60

Analogous

#60d2eb

#608deb

#7960eb

Triadic

#608deb

#eb608d

#8deb60

Split-complementary

#608deb

#eb7960

#d2eb60

Tetradic

#608deb

#be60eb

#ebbe60

#8deb60

Square

#608deb

#eb60d2

#ebbe60

#60eb79

Shades

Color #608deb mixed toward black.

#2f6ae5

#1950c4

#123c93

#0c2862

#061431

Tints

Color #608deb mixed toward white.

#7aa0ee

#95b3f2

#afc6f5

#cad9f8

#e4ecfc

Tones

Color #608deb mixed toward gray.

#6c91df

#7795d4

#8399c8

#8e9dbd

#9aa1b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677d9 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#7370d4 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#63c9c6 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #608deb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#608deb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#608deb (#608deb) is rgb(96, 141, 235) in RGB.

No, #608deb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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