Colour

#608C98

#608C98
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#608C98 is a cyan with RGB values 96, 140, 152 and HSL 193°, 23%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#608C98#608C98

HEX#608C98

RGBrgb(96, 140, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.549, 0.5961

RGB percentages37.6%, 54.9%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(192.9, 22.6%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 36.8%, 59.6%)

CMYK36.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,327,448

CSS custom property--colour: #608C98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#9F7367

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#848999no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B8298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4B9190no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.6 Slate grey · ΔE 10.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 10.3 Gray · ΔE 16.4 Teal · ΔE 18.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#986C60

Analogous#609888, #607098

Triadic#98608C, #8C9860

Split complementary#986070, #988860

Tetradic#886098, #986C60, #709860

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DBE6E9

Lighter +30%#BCD0D5

Lighter +20%#9DB9C1

Lighter +10%#7EA3AD

Darker −10%#4C6F79

Darker −20%#395259

Darker −30%#25363A

Darker −40%#11191B

More saturated +25%#419EB7

Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R96

G140

B152

Red96 (37.6%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue192.86°

Saturation (HSL)22.58%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 8C · B 98

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