#608ecc

Color #608ecc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#608ecc

RGB

rgb(96, 142, 204)

HSL

hsl(214.4, 51.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.4, 52.9%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 30.4%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(58.22, 2.12, -36.76)

LCH

lch(58.22, 36.82, 273.3)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.1065, 256.2)

HWB

hwb(214.4, 37.6%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc9e60

Analogous

#60c4cc

#608ecc

#6860cc

Triadic

#608ecc

#cc608e

#8ecc60

Split-complementary

#608ecc

#cc6860

#c4cc60

Tetradic

#608ecc

#9e60cc

#cc9e60

#8ecc60

Square

#608ecc

#cc60c4

#cc9e60

#60cc68

Shades

Color #608ecc mixed toward black.

#3d74bd

#315c97

#244572

#182e4c

#0c1726

Tints

Color #608ecc mixed toward white.

#7aa1d4

#95b4dd

#afc7e5

#cad9ee

#e4ecf6

Tones

Color #608ecc mixed toward gray.

#698fc3

#7291ba

#7b92b1

#8493a8

#8d959f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777bf · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#7470bc · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#63b5b2 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 20.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #608ecc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#608ecc]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#608ecc (#608ecc) is rgb(96, 142, 204) in RGB.

No, #608ecc 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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