#688ded

Color #688ded

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#688ded

RGB

rgb(104, 141, 237)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 78.7%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 56.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 40.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(59.98, 14.85, -52.37)

LCH

lch(59.98, 54.43, 285.83)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.149, 266.5)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 40.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc868

Analogous

#68d0ed

#688ded

#8668ed

Triadic

#688ded

#ed688d

#8ded68

Split-complementary

#688ded

#ed8668

#d0ed68

Tetradic

#688ded

#c868ed

#edc868

#8ded68

Square

#688ded

#ed68d0

#edc868

#68ed86

Shades

Color #688ded mixed toward black.

#3567e7

#184acb

#123898

#0c2566

#061333

Tints

Color #688ded mixed toward white.

#81a0f0

#9ab3f3

#b4c6f6

#cdd9f9

#e6ecfc

Tones

Color #688ded mixed toward gray.

#7392e2

#7e97d7

#899ccc

#94a1c1

#a0a6b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7adb · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#7875d6 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#6acbc7 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #688ded;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#688ded]

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

#688ded (#688ded) is rgb(104, 141, 237) in RGB.

No, #688ded is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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