Information about #689BDD color

#689BDD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #689BDD is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 155, 221) — 40.8% red, 60.8% green, 86.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 46 / 26 / 0 / 13. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A vivid, lively azure, #689BDD floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Little Boy Blue (#6CA0DC). Nearby in the Register you will also find Lowell's French Riviera Blue (#698FD3) and Blue Gray (#6699CC).

In RGB terms — rgb(104, 155, 221) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #689BDD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #689BDD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#689BDD color variations

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

#689BDD 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 #689BDD

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#689BDD
  • RGB104, 155, 221
  • CMYK46, 26, 0, 13
  • CSSrgb(104, 155, 221)
  • HSL214°, 63%, 64%
  • HSL Precise213.846°, 63.243%, 63.725%
  • HSV214°, 53%, 87%
  • HSB214°, 53%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.608, 0.867)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.608, 0.867, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.608, 0.867)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID689BDD
  • DECIMAL ID6855645
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01