Information about #689DDD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #689DDD reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Little Boy Blue (#6CA0DC). Slightly further away sit Iceberg (#71A6D2) and Lowell's French Riviera Blue (#698FD3).
The recipe behind #689DDD is rgb(104, 157, 221), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #689DDD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#689DDD color variations
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#689DDD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#689DDD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#689DDD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#689DDD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#689DDD 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #689DDD color
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Nearest named colors to #689DDD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#6CA0DC
#71A6D2
#698FD3
#6699CC
#6495ED
#5BA0D0
#5B92E5
#76ABDF
#7C9ED9
#68ADD0
#68B1E2
#56A0D3
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#689DDD
- RGB104, 157, 221
- CMYK46, 25, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(104, 157, 221)
- HSL213°, 63%, 64%
- HSL Precise212.821°, 63.243%, 63.725%
- HSV213°, 53%, 87%
- HSB213°, 53%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.616
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
- GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.616, 0.867)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.616, 0.867, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.616, 0.867)
- Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID689DDD
- DECIMAL ID6856157
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers314 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
