#679bec

Color #679bec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.91 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#679bec

RGB

rgb(103, 155, 236)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 77.8%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 56.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(63.66, 6.12, -46.01)

LCH

lch(63.66, 46.42, 277.58)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1325, 258.94)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 40.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb867

Analogous

#67deec

#679bec

#7667ec

Triadic

#679bec

#ec679b

#9bec67

Split-complementary

#679bec

#ec7667

#deec67

Tetradic

#679bec

#b867ec

#ecb867

#9bec67

Square

#679bec

#ec67de

#ecb867

#67ec76

Shades

Color #679bec mixed toward black.

#357ae6

#195ec9

#134697

#0d2f65

#061732

Tints

Color #679bec mixed toward white.

#80acef

#9abcf2

#b3cdf6

#ccdef9

#e6eefc

Tones

Color #679bec mixed toward gray.

#729ee1

#7da0d6

#88a2cb

#93a5c0

#9ea7b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181dc · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#7e7ad8 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#6acecb · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #679bec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#679bec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#679bec (#679bec) is rgb(103, 155, 236) in RGB.

No, #679bec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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