#688eed

Color #688eed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#688eed

RGB

rgb(104, 142, 237)

HSL

hsl(222.9, 78.7%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.9, 56.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 40.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(60.25, 14.26, -51.94)

LCH

lch(60.25, 53.86, 285.35)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.1479, 266.04)

HWB

hwb(222.9, 40.8%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc768

Analogous

#68d0ed

#688eed

#8568ed

Triadic

#688eed

#ed688e

#8eed68

Split-complementary

#688eed

#ed8568

#d0ed68

Tetradic

#688eed

#c768ed

#edc768

#8eed68

Square

#688eed

#ed68d0

#edc768

#68ed85

Shades

Color #688eed mixed toward black.

#3568e7

#184bcb

#123898

#0c2666

#061333

Tints

Color #688eed mixed toward white.

#81a1f0

#9ab4f3

#b4c7f6

#cdd9f9

#e6ecfc

Tones

Color #688eed mixed toward gray.

#7393e2

#7e98d7

#899ccc

#94a1c1

#a0a6b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bdb · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#7875d6 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#6acbc7 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #688eed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#688eed]

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

#688eed (#688eed) is rgb(104, 142, 237) in RGB.

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

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