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#608E8A

#608e8a ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#608e8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.65% red, 55.69% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.82% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 174.78°, with 19.33% saturation and 46.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 6.04.

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Relative luminance0.2367

Complementary

  1. #608e8a
  2. #8e6064

Split complementary

  1. #608e8a
  2. #8e607b
  3. #8e7360

Analogous

  1. #608e73
  2. #608e8a
  3. #607b8e

Triadic

  1. #608e8a
  2. #8a608e
  3. #8e8a60

Tetradic

  1. #608e8a
  2. #60648e
  3. #8e6064
  4. #8e8a60

Square

  1. #608e8a
  2. #73608e
  3. #8e6064
  4. #7b8e60

Monochromatic

  1. #223331
  2. #41605e
  3. #608e8a
  4. #8ab0ad
  5. #b8cfcd

Shades

#608e8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #608e8a
  2. #56807c
  3. #4d726e
  4. #436361
  5. #3a5553
  6. #304745
  7. #263937
  8. #1d2b29
  9. #131c1c
  10. #0a0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#608e8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #608e8a
  2. #709996
  3. #80a5a1
  4. #90b0ad
  5. #a0bbb9
  6. #b0c7c5
  7. #bfd2d0
  8. #cfdddc
  9. #dfe8e8
  10. #eff4f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#608e8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #608e8a
  2. #638d89
  3. #668b88
  4. #6a8a87
  5. #6d8886
  6. #708785
  7. #738684
  8. #768483
  9. #7a8382
  10. #7d8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #788987 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89898a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #81838b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50908d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b8b8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75878a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #578f8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-608e8a {
  color: #608e8a;
}
Background
.bg-608e8a {
  background-color: #608e8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-608e8a {
  border: 2px solid #608e8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #608e8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 96 142 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 19% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-608e8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #608e8a, #607b8e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-608e8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(96 142 138 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.04 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 8.45 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 8.59 #40826d Viridian ΔE 9.82 #008080 Teal ΔE 10.30 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 10.48 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 12.14 #9f7175 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#608e8a  rgb(96, 142, 138)  hsl(175, 19%, 47%)  Cadet Blue
#8e6064  rgb(142, 96, 100)  hsl(355, 19%, 47%)  Copper Rose
#8a608e  rgb(138, 96, 142)  hsl(295, 19%, 47%)  Deep Plum
#8e8a60  rgb(142, 138, 96)  hsl(55, 19%, 47%)  Moss Green