Color swatch image showing Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) with RGB(96,110,140) values

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) Color Meaning and Information

Everything you need to know about Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) including values, color harmonies, shades, meanings, and applications in design, branding, and everyday visuals.

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) Color Information

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) RGB value is (96, 110, 140). The hex color red value is 96, green is 110, and blue is 140. Its HSL format shows a hue of 221°, saturation of 19 percent, and lightness of 46 percent. The CMYK process values are 31 percent, 21 percent, 0 percent, 45 percent.

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Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) Color Meaning

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) signifies urban twilight, muted observation, and quiet adaptability. This dusty, greyish-blue is the color of pigeon feathers, dusk city skies, and weathered stone, suggesting a creature that thrives in the interstices of human construction. Psychologically, Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) is cool, observant, and subtly melancholic, promoting a sense of adaptive calm, detached watchfulness, and resilient anonymity. It soothes with its muted, non-threatening presence and connection to the everyday urban landscape. This color is a sophisticated, subdued neutral. Culturally, Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) references the built environment, industrial aesthetics, and a certain poetic loneliness found in city life. Symbolically, it represents the overlooked beauty of the common, survival through blending in, and peace found in the margins. Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) embodies an aesthetic of urban naturalism, finding a specific, quiet beauty in the colors of infrastructure, wildlife, and the softening effects of time and weather on man-made materials.

Color Conversion

Convert Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) across different color models and formats. These conversions help designers work seamlessly between digital and print media, ensuring this color maintains its intended appearance across RGB screens, CMYK printers, and HSL color manipulations.

HEX
#606E8C
RGB
rgb(96, 110, 140)
HSL
hsl(221°, 19%, 46%)
CMYK
cmyk(31%, 21%, 0%, 45%)
HSV
hsv(221°, 31%, 55%)
XYZ
15.1334 15.5321 27.0113
Yxy
15.5321 0.2624 0.2693
Hunter Lab
39.4108 0.1358 -1.1732
CIE-Lab
46.3545 2.2306 -18.1603

RGB Values & CMYK Values

RGB Values

Red96 / 255 (38%)
38%
Green110 / 255 (43%)
43%
Blue140 / 255 (55%)
55%

CMYK Values

Cyan31 / 100 (31%)
31%
Magenta21 / 100 (21%)
21%
Yellow0 / 100 (0%)
Key (Black)45 / 100 (45%)
45%

Color Variations

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) harmonies come to life through carefully balanced shades, tints, and tones, giving this color depth and flexibility across light and dark variations. Shades add richness, tints bring an airy softness, and tones soften intensity, making it easy to pair in clean, modern palettes.

Color Harmonies

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) harmonies create beautiful relationships with other colors based on their position on the color wheel. Each harmony type offers unique design possibilities, enabling cohesive and visually appealing color schemes.

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the color wheel (30° apart)

Complementary

Colors opposite on the color wheel (180° apart)

Split Complementary

Three colors using one base hue and the two hues beside its opposite

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced (120° apart)

Tetradic

Four colors forming a rectangle on the wheel

Square

Four colors evenly spaced (90° apart)

Double Split

Four colors formed from two base hues and the colors next to their opposites

Monochromatic

Variations of a single hue

Contrast Checker

(WCAG 2.1) Test Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) for accessibility compliance against white and black backgrounds. Proper contrast ensures this color remains readable and usable for all audiences, meeting WCAG 2.1 standards for both normal and large text applications.

#FFFFFF
#606E8C

Sample Text

This is how your text will look with these colors.

Large Text (18pt+)

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WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Normal Text

5.11:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

UI Components

5.11:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Color Blindness Simulator

See how #606E8C appears to people with different types of color vision deficiencies. These simulations help create more inclusive designs that consider how this color is perceived across various visual abilities.

Normal Vision

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C)

protanopia

#666685

Note: These simulations are approximations. Actual color vision deficiency varies by individual.

CSS Examples

Background Color

background-color: #606E8C;

Text Color

color: #606E8C;

Sample Text

Border Color

border: 2px solid #606E8C;

Box Shadow

box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #606E8C40;

Text Shadow

text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #606E8C;

Sample Text

Gradient

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #606E8C 0%, #394153 100%);

Pigeon Blue (#606E8C) Color FAQs

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