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#688dc6 color: Provence

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216°
100%

OKLCH

63.9%
0.096
259°
  • ≈ Steel blue
  • Blue
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • cyan-600
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.38:1 · Below AALc -67
Black text6.21:1 · AALc 43

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About #688dc6

#688dc6 is a soft blue color. In OKLCH it has 63.9% lightness, 0.096 chroma and a hue of 259°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.38:1 contrast and black text 6.21:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Provence (#658dc6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is cyan-600.

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Lighter: #688dc6 mixed with white

  1. 688dc6
  2. 7698cc
  3. 85a3d2
  4. 94afd8
  5. a3bade
  6. b2c5e4
  7. c1d1e9
  8. d0dcef
  9. e0e8f4
  10. eff3fa

Darker: #688dc6 mixed with black

  1. 688dc6
  2. 597aac
  3. 4b6792
  4. 3e557a
  5. 304462
  6. 24334b
  7. 182335
  8. 0c1421
  9. 04070e
  10. 000102

Calmer: #688dc6 with less saturation

  1. 688dc6
  2. 6c8dc0
  3. 708dbb
  4. 738db5
  5. 778daf
  6. 7b8daa
  7. 7e8da4
  8. 828d9e
  9. 858d98
  10. 888c92