#688EC6#688EC6

#688EC6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.095 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#688EC6
RGB	rgb(104, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(216, 45%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 2.17, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 33.16, 273.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0198 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.095 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5716, 26.3646, 57.1565)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#688EC6 #C6A068

analogous

#68BDC6 #688EC6 #7168C6

triadic

#688EC6 #C6688E #8EC668

tetradic

#688EC6 #C668BD #C6A068 #68C671

square

#688EC6 #C668BD #C6A068 #68C671

split-complementary

#688EC6 #C67168 #BDC668

monochromatic

#315282 #426EAF #688EC6 #94AFD7 #C1D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#688EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#688EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #688EC6

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##688EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##688EC6	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7991C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #688ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.095 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98aed7',
    500: '#688ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #688ec6;
$custom-light: #98aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#688ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.745,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64159,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#688EC6

secondary

#D7C8B3

accent

#A053D5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FA

border

#CCCED3

text

#0E1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #688EC6

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

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