#688DB8#688DB8

#688DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.077 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#688DB8
RGB	rgb(104, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(212, 36%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 43%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -1.35, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 26.54, 267.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.023 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.077 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8827, 25.4520, 48.9924)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#688DB8 #B89368

analogous

#68B5B8 #688DB8 #6B68B8

triadic

#688DB8 #B8688D #8DB868

tetradic

#688DB8 #B868B5 #B89368 #68B86B

square

#688DB8 #B868B5 #B89368 #68B86B

split-complementary

#688DB8 #B86B68 #B5B868

monochromatic

#355171 #496E9A #688DB8 #92ACCC #BBCCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#688DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#688DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #688DB8

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##688DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##688DB8	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #688db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.077 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96aecd',
    500: '#688db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #688db8;
$custom-light: #96aecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#688db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.25,
    "s": 36.036,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63285,
    "c": 0.07722,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#688DB8

secondary

#CEBFAD

accent

#985CCC

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F9

border

#CCCED2

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #688DB8

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

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