Information about #689CD8 color

#689CD8 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#689CD8 falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 156, 216) — 40.8% red, 61.2% green, 84.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 44 / 24 / 0 / 15. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #689CD8 reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Little Boy Blue (#6CA0DC). Slightly further away sit Blue Gray (#6699CC) and Lowell's French Riviera Blue (#698FD3).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(104, 156, 216)), which gives #689CD8 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #689CD8 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#689CD8 color variations

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

#689CD8 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 #689CD8

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#689CD8
  • RGB104, 156, 216
  • CMYK44, 24, 0, 15
  • CSSrgb(104, 156, 216)
  • HSL212°, 59%, 63%
  • HSL Precise212.143°, 58.947%, 62.745%
  • HSV212°, 52%, 85%
  • HSB212°, 52%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.847
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.612, 0.847)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.612, 0.847, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.612, 0.847)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB84.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID689CD8
  • DECIMAL ID6855896
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01