#688BE6#688BE6

#688BE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.142 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#688BE6
RGB	rgb(104, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(223, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 13.81, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 51.79, 285.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0083 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.142 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2197, 27.1193, 78.5423)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#688BE6 #E6C368

analogous

#68CAE6 #688BE6 #8468E6

triadic

#688BE6 #E6688B #8BE668

tetradic

#688BE6 #E668CA #E6C368 #68E684

square

#688BE6 #E668CA #E6C368 #68E684

split-complementary

#688BE6 #E68468 #CAE668

monochromatic

#1E48B6 #3363DD #688BE6 #9DB3EF #D1DCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#688BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#688BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #688BE6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##688BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##688BE6	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #688be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.142 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bacee',
    500: '#688be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #688be6;
$custom-light: #9bacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#688be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65204,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#688BE6

secondary

#EADEC0

accent

#9E12D4

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F3F4FD

border

#CDCED5

text

#0F1016

muted

#7F7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #688BE6

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

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