#688ece

Color #688ece

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#688ece

RGB

rgb(104, 142, 206)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 51%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 49.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(58.74, 4.58, -37.04)

LCH

lch(58.74, 37.32, 277.05)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.1056, 260.46)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 40.8%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cea868

Analogous

#68c1ce

#688ece

#7568ce

Triadic

#688ece

#ce688e

#8ece68

Split-complementary

#688ece

#ce7568

#c1ce68

Tetradic

#688ece

#a868ce

#cea868

#8ece68

Square

#688ece

#ce68c1

#cea868

#68ce75

Shades

Color #688ece mixed toward black.

#4171c1

#335a9c

#264475

#192d4e

#0d1727

Tints

Color #688ece mixed toward white.

#81a1d6

#9ab4de

#b4c7e7

#cdd9ef

#e6ecf7

Tones

Color #688ece mixed toward gray.

#7190c6

#7992bd

#8295b5

#8a97ac

#9399a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bc1 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#7875be · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#6ab6b3 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #688ece;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#688ece]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#688ece (#688ece) is rgb(104, 142, 206) in RGB.

No, #688ece 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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