#668ce8

Color #668ce8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#668ce8

RGB

rgb(102, 140, 232)

HSL

hsl(222.5, 73.9%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.5, 56%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(56%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(59.35, 13.44, -50.61)

LCH

lch(59.35, 52.36, 284.87)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.144, 265.66)

HWB

hwb(222.5, 40%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8c266

Analogous

#66cde8

#668ce8

#8166e8

Triadic

#668ce8

#e8668c

#8ce866

Split-complementary

#668ce8

#e88166

#cde866

Tetradic

#668ce8

#c266e8

#e8c266

#8ce866

Square

#668ce8

#e866cd

#e8c266

#66e881

Shades

Color #668ce8 mixed toward black.

#3668e1

#1d4dc2

#163a91

#0f2761

#071330

Tints

Color #668ce8 mixed toward white.

#809fec

#99b2f0

#b3c5f4

#ccd9f7

#e6ecfb

Tones

Color #668ce8 mixed toward gray.

#7190dd

#7c95d2

#8799c8

#919ebd

#9ca3b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879d6 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#7673d2 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#68c7c3 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #668ce8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#668ce8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#668ce8 (#668ce8) is rgb(102, 140, 232) in RGB.

No, #668ce8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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