Information about #686BAF color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#686BAF falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 107, 175) — 40.8% red, 42% green, 68.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 28 / 27 / 0 / 31. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #686BAF reads as a mildly saturated classic blue and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chetwode Blue (#666FB4). Slightly further away sit Deloras (#606AA1) and Blue Marguerite (#6A5BB1).

The recipe behind #686BAF is rgb(104, 107, 175), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #686BAF: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for black. No one has named #686BAF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#686BAF color variations

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#686BAF color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #686BAF

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Deloras color link
Deloras

#606AA1

Deluge color link
Deluge

#7563A8

Scampi color link
Scampi

#6F63A0

Toolbox color link
Toolbox

#746CC0

Anchor color link
Anchor

#526DB2

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Blue Yonder color link
Blue Yonder

#5072A7

#686BAF color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#686BAF
  • RGB104, 107, 175
  • CMYK28, 27, 0, 31
  • HSL237°, 31%, 55%
  • HSL Precise237.465°, 30.736%, 54.706%
  • HSV237°, 41%, 69%
  • HSB237°, 41%, 69%
  • HEX ID686BAF
  • DECIMAL ID6843311
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Blue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.6%
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