#608eab

Color #608eab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#608eab

RGB

rgb(96, 142, 171)

HSL

hsl(203.2, 30.9%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.2, 43.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.9%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(56.85, -7.75, -20.15)

LCH

lch(56.85, 21.59, 248.96)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0666, 236.95)

HWB

hwb(203.2, 37.6%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab7d60

Analogous

#60aba3

#608eab

#6069ab

Triadic

#608eab

#ab608e

#8eab60

Split-complementary

#608eab

#ab6069

#aba360

Tetradic

#608eab

#7d60ab

#ab7d60

#8eab60

Square

#608eab

#a360ab

#ab7d60

#69ab60

Shades

Color #608eab mixed toward black.

#4d7792

#3e5f75

#2e4757

#1f303a

#0f181d

Tints

Color #608eab mixed toward white.

#7ba1b9

#95b4c7

#b0c7d5

#cad9e3

#e5ecf1

Tones

Color #608eab mixed toward gray.

#668da5

#6d8b9f

#738a98

#798892

#7f878c

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

#7777a5 · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#7470a3 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#639f9e · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #608eab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#608eab]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#608eab (#608eab) is rgb(96, 142, 171) in RGB.

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

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