#688AE2#688AE2

#688AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.138 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#688AE2
RGB	rgb(104, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(223, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 13.14, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 50.19, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.008 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.138 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5203, 26.6089, 75.5699)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#688AE2 #E2C068

analogous

#68C7E2 #688AE2 #8368E2

triadic

#688AE2 #E2688A #8AE268

tetradic

#688AE2 #E268C7 #E2C068 #68E283

square

#688AE2 #E268C7 #E2C068 #68E283

split-complementary

#688AE2 #E28368 #C7E268

monochromatic

#2149AE #3562D8 #688AE2 #9BB2EC #CFDAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#688AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#688AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #688AE2

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##688AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##688AE2	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6693E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5788E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #688ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.138 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9babeb',
    500: '#688ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #688ae2;
$custom-light: #9babeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#688ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.279,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64771,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#688AE2

secondary

#E8DCBE

accent

#9C16D0

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F3F4FD

border

#CDCED5

text

#0F1016

muted

#7F7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #688AE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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