#608ea6

Color #608ea6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#608ea6

RGB

rgb(96, 142, 166)

HSL

hsl(200.6, 28.2%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.6, 42.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(56.67, -9.15, -17.58)

LCH

lch(56.67, 19.82, 242.5)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.0617, 231.78)

HWB

hwb(200.6, 37.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a67860

Analogous

#60a69b

#608ea6

#606ba6

Triadic

#608ea6

#a6608e

#8ea660

Split-complementary

#608ea6

#a6606b

#a69b60

Tetradic

#608ea6

#7860a6

#a67860

#8ea660

Square

#608ea6

#9b60a6

#a67860

#6ba660

Shades

Color #608ea6 mixed toward black.

#4e778c

#3f5f70

#2f4754

#1f3038

#10181c

Tints

Color #608ea6 mixed toward white.

#7ba1b5

#95b4c4

#b0c7d3

#cad9e1

#e5ecf0

Tones

Color #608ea6 mixed toward gray.

#668ca0

#6c8a9a

#728995

#77878f

#7d8589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a1 · ΔE 17.8

Deuteranopia

#74709f · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#639c9b · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #608ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#608ea6]

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#608ea6 (#608ea6) is rgb(96, 142, 166) in RGB.

No, #608ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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