#688BB8#688BB8

#688BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.079 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#688BB8
RGB	rgb(104, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(214, 36%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(214, 43%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -0.20, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 27.39, 269.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0204 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.079 255)
XYZ	xyz(23.5904, 24.8676, 48.8950)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#688BB8 #B89568

analogous

#68B3B8 #688BB8 #6D68B8

triadic

#688BB8 #B8688B #8BB868

tetradic

#688BB8 #B868B3 #B89568 #68B86D

square

#688BB8 #B868B3 #B89568 #68B86D

split-complementary

#688BB8 #B86D68 #B3B868

monochromatic

#354F71 #496C9A #688BB8 #92ABCC #BBCBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#688BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#688BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #688BB8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##688BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##688BB8	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7185B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #688bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.079 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96accd',
    500: '#688bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #688bb8;
$custom-light: #96accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#688bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 36.036,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6284,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.24869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#688BB8

secondary

#CEC0AD

accent

#9B5CCC

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F9

border

#CCCED2

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #688BB8

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

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