RAL Classic color

RAL 5014 Pigeon blue #606E8C

RAL 5014 Pigeon blue is shown here as #606E8C, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a muted blue in the blue family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.538, chroma 0.050 and hue 265.2°. The nearest CSS named color is slategray (#708090), ΔE2000 9.2 away.

Relative luminance
0.1553
OKLCH L · C · h
0.538 · 0.050 · 265.2
Best text
White 5.11:1
Hue family
Blue
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#606E8C color codes

HEX
#606E8C
RGB
rgb(96, 110, 140)
HSL
hsl(221, 19%, 46%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.538 0.050 265.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.538 -0.004 -0.050)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 46.35, a* 2.23, b* -18.15
XYZ (D65)
X 15.13, Y 15.53, Z 27.01
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(31%, 21%, 0%, 45%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

RAL and RAL Classic are trademarks of RAL gGmbH, which this site is not affiliated with. The sRGB value is an approximation of the printed swatch; check a physical RAL color card before you specify a paint.

Legibility

Contrast: is #606E8C accessible?

White text on it reaches 5.11:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.10:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    4.10:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +28

  • White text on it

    5.11:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −80

  • As text on black

    4.10:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −26

  • As text on white

    5.11:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +75

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #606E8C 5.11:1

    It already reaches 5.11:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #677594 4.54:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.56 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #606E8C live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #606E8C

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #606E8C sits at step 600.

  1. 50#F0F5FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100#E2EBFF
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.56
  3. 200#C9D8F6
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.63
  4. 300#AFBEDD
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.23
  5. 400#93A2C1
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.17
  6. 500#7886A5
    White
    3.65
    Black
    5.75
  7. 600This color#606E8C
    White
    5.11
    Black
    4.10
  8. 700#4B5874
    White
    7.12
    Black
    2.94
  9. 800#343F58
    White
    10.51
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#1F283E
    White
    14.67
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#0E1527
    White
    18.17
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #606E8C can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.256; #606E8C uses 20% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.274 there: 7% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.050
sRGB edge
0.256
Display P3 edge
0.274
Rec. 2020 edge
0.277
Dominant wavelength
475 nm
Excitation purity
25%
Chromaticity
x 0.2624, y 0.2693
  • This color#606E8C
  • Most vivid in sRGB#2355FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.538 0.274 265.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #606e8c;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.1723 0.3067 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #606E8C

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#B0B7C6
  • OKLab50%#ACB4C5
  • OKLCH50%#ACB4C5

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#303746
  • OKLab50%#202633
  • OKLCH50%#202633

Its complement #7C6C4C

  • sRGB50%#6E6D6C
  • OKLab50%#6E6E6E
  • OKLCH50%#866270
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #606e8c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #606e8c 50%, white);

In use

#606E8C in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:15.11:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.11:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:15.11:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.11:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:15.11:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.66:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.66:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.66:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #6E7D9B 4.52:1

Color vision

How #606E8C looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 15.4; deuteranopia changes it least, 1.2.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #64708D ΔE2000 1.2

    Very close

    Reads as grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #606C8B ΔE2000 1.2

    Very close

    Reads as muted blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #547478 ΔE2000 15.4

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish teal

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #6E6E6E ΔE2000 13.0

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #7C6C4C. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#606E8C · #7C6C4C28.0Stays distinct
Protanopia#64708D · #746B4A28.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#606C8B · #78704D29.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#547478 · #83676430.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#6E6E6E · #6E6E6E0.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #606E8C

Its complement is #7C6C4C, a muted brown, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#606E8C
  • Complement#7C6C4C

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#517387
  • Base#606E8C
  • +30°#706989

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#606E8C
  • +120°#89635F
  • +240°#5C765C

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#606E8C
  • +150°#856752
  • +210°#6D7250

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-ral-5014: #606e8c;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-5014': '#606e8c',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ral-5014: oklch(0.538 0.050 265.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-5014": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.3765, 0.4314, 0.549],
        "hex": "#606e8c"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 5014 Pigeon blue (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral5014 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.376, green: 0.431, blue: 0.549, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral5014 = Color(0xFF606E8C)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #606E8C in the tools

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