#608eaa

Color #608eaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#608eaa

RGB

rgb(96, 142, 170)

HSL

hsl(202.7, 30.3%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.7, 43.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(56.81, -8.03, -19.64)

LCH

lch(56.81, 21.22, 247.76)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0655, 235.95)

HWB

hwb(202.7, 37.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7c60

Analogous

#60aaa1

#608eaa

#6069aa

Triadic

#608eaa

#aa608e

#8eaa60

Split-complementary

#608eaa

#aa6069

#aaa160

Tetradic

#608eaa

#7c60aa

#aa7c60

#8eaa60

Square

#608eaa

#a160aa

#aa7c60

#69aa60

Shades

Color #608eaa mixed toward black.

#4d7791

#3e5f74

#2e4757

#1f303a

#0f181d

Tints

Color #608eaa mixed toward white.

#7ba1b8

#95b4c6

#b0c7d5

#cad9e3

#e5ecf1

Tones

Color #608eaa mixed toward gray.

#668da4

#6c8b9e

#738a98

#798891

#7f878b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a4 · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#7470a2 · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#639f9d · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #608eaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#608eaa]

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Frequently asked questions

#608eaa (#608eaa) is rgb(96, 142, 170) in RGB.

No, #608eaa 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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