Information about #687AA6 color

#687AA6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#687AA6 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 122, 166) — 40.8% red, 47.8% green, 65.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 17 / 0 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #687AA6 reads as a mildly saturated sky-leaning azure 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 near neighbor of Grizzlies Blue (#5D76A9). Slightly further away sit Ashleigh Blue (#6B86AA) and Hoki (#65869F).

The recipe behind #687AA6 is rgb(104, 122, 166), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #687AA6: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #687AA6 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#687AA6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#687AA6 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 #687AA6

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

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Grey Blue color link
Grey Blue

#6B8BA4

LuLu color link
LuLu

#637F95

Deloras color link
Deloras

#606AA1

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Stained Red color link
Stained Red

#78779B

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#687AA6
  • RGB104, 122, 166
  • CMYK24, 17, 0, 35
  • CSSrgb(104, 122, 166)
  • HSL223°, 26%, 53%
  • HSL Precise222.581°, 25.833%, 52.941%
  • HSV223°, 37%, 65%
  • HSB223°, 37%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.478
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.651
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.478, 0.651)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.478, 0.651, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.478, 0.651)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB65.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID687AA6
  • DECIMAL ID6847142
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01