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#686DCE

#686dce ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#686dce is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 42.75% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.51% cyan, 47.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 237.06°, with 51% saturation and 60.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.1.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1834

Complementary

  1. #686dce
  2. #cec968

Split complementary

  1. #686dce
  2. #ce9668
  3. #a0ce68

Analogous

  1. #68a0ce
  2. #686dce
  3. #9668ce

Triadic

  1. #686dce
  2. #ce686d
  3. #6dce68

Tetradic

  1. #686dce
  2. #c968ce
  3. #cec968
  4. #6dce68

Square

  1. #686dce
  2. #ce68a0
  3. #cec968
  4. #68ce96

Monochromatic

  1. #262a77
  2. #393fb0
  3. #686dce
  4. #a2a5e1
  5. #dbddf3

Shades

#686dce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #686dce
  2. #5e62b9
  3. #5357a5
  4. #494c90
  5. #3e417c
  6. #343767
  7. #2a2c52
  8. #1f213e
  9. #151629
  10. #0a0b15
  11. #000000

Tints

#686dce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #686dce
  2. #777cd3
  3. #868ad8
  4. #9599dd
  5. #a4a7e2
  6. #b4b6e7
  7. #c3c5eb
  8. #d2d3f0
  9. #e1e2f5
  10. #f0f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#686dce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #686dce
  2. #6a6fc6
  3. #6d71be
  4. #6f73b7
  5. #7275af
  6. #7477a7
  7. #76789f
  8. #797a97
  9. #7b7c90
  10. #7e7e88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7173a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #437bd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a73cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #408294 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5476d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5071cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #537aae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-686dce {
  color: #686dce;
}
Background
.bg-686dce {
  background-color: #686dce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-686dce {
  border: 2px solid #686dce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #686dce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 109 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 51% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-686dce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #686dce, #9668ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-686dce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 109 206 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.10 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.13 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.43 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.79 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.83 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.95 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.19 #979231 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#686dce  rgb(104, 109, 206)  hsl(237, 51%, 61%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cec968  rgb(206, 201, 104)  hsl(57, 51%, 61%)  Straw
#ce686d  rgb(206, 104, 109)  hsl(357, 51%, 61%)  Indian Red
#6dce68  rgb(109, 206, 104)  hsl(117, 51%, 61%)  Mantis