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#676abc

a balanced, soft blue · cool · closest name: Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: True Denim

RGB
103, 106, 188
HSL
238°, 39%, 57%
CMYK
45, 44, 0, 26
Luminance
0.1682

#676abc is a balanced soft blue, 238° on the wheel and 85/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.81:1). As text it scores 4.81:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(238 39% 57%)rgb(103 106 188)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #676abc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#676abc
Hue
238°
blue
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
46%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1682
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
85/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
4.81:1
Closest name
Slate Blue
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
48.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.560
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 7.7
Web-safe
#6666CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue238° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness57%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #676abc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool85% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green61%
Blue22%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#676abc
HEX (8-digit)#676abcff
RGBrgb(103, 106, 188)
RGBArgba(103, 106, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(238, 39%, 57%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238, 45%, 74%)
HWBhwb(238 40% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(45%, 44%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(48.0 20.5 -43.7)
LCHlch(48.0 48.2 295.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.560 0.125 279.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(19.82, 16.82, 49.77)
Decimal6777532
Display P3color(display-p3 0.404 0.416 0.737)
Web-safe#6666CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #676abc;
background-color: #676abc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #676abc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#676abc] bg-[#676abc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #676abc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.404, green: 0.416, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.404, green: 0.416, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#676ABC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF676ABC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF676ABC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 106, 103)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(103, 106, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(103, 106, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 103, 106, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4039f, 0.4157f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{103,106,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #676abc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #676abc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#272958, #D5D5EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #676abc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F5FA;
  --brand-100: #EBEBF4;
  --brand-200: #D3D3E9;
  --brand-300: #B1B3DD;
  --brand-400: #8A8CCC;
  --brand-500: #676abc;
  --brand-600: #4B4EAA;
  --brand-700: #3E418E;
  --brand-800: #323471;
  --brand-900: #272953;
  --brand-950: #191A34;
  --brand: #676abc;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C6C7E6;
  --brand-hover: #4E52B1;
  --brand-pressed: #434699;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141424;
    --brand-ink: #D5D5EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F5FA',
        100: '#EBEBF4',
        200: '#D3D3E9',
        300: '#B1B3DD',
        400: '#8A8CCC',
        500: '#676abc',
        600: '#4B4EAA',
        700: '#3E418E',
        800: '#323471',
        900: '#272953',
        950: '#191A34',
        DEFAULT: '#676abc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F5FA,
  '100': #EBEBF4,
  '200': #D3D3E9,
  '300': #B1B3DD,
  '400': #8A8CCC,
  '500': #676abc,
  '600': #4B4EAA,
  '700': #3E418E,
  '800': #323471,
  '900': #272953,
  '950': #191A34,
);
$brand-base: #676abc;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBEBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3D3E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B1B3DD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8A8CCC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#676abc", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4B4EAA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3E418E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#323471", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#272953", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#191A34", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #676abc · 4.81:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.81:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.36:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #676abc as text scores 4.81:1 on white and 4.36:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EDEEF7 at 4.16:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#676abc · 4.81:1
AA on whitealready passes
#676abc
The quick fox
#4B4EAA · 7.07:1
AAA on white−9% L
#4B4EAA
The quick fox
#6B6EBE · 4.60:1
AA on black+1% L
#6B6EBE
The quick fox
#8E90CD · 7.02:1
AAA on black+11% L
#8E90CD

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #676ABC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#676abc on white: 4.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#676abc on black: 4.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #676abc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #676abc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.81:1AaAa
Slate 504.60:1AaAa
Slate 1004.39:1AaAa
Slate 2003.90:1AaAa
Slate 3003.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.88:1AaAa
Slate 5001.01:1AaAa
Slate 6001.57:1AaAa
Slate 7002.15:1AaAa
Slate 8003.04:1AaAa
Slate 9003.71:1AaAa
Black4.36:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #4A75BF
deuteranopia · #456FBA
tritanopia · #4A7B8A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #676abc is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F5FA
#EBEBF4
#D3D3E9
#B1B3DD
#8A8CCC
#676abc
#4B4EAA
#3E418E
#323471
#272953
#191A34
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F5F5FADarkest = 950 · #191A34Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.031 279.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 279.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.075 279.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.098 279.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.115 279.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.125 279.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.125 279.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.118 279.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.105 279.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.088 279.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.069 279.9);
}

Colors that work with #676abc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C6C7E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B4D9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#91793B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#272958
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDEEF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141424
Dark-mode background
Hover#4E52B1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#434699
Two steps down
Disabled#BEBFD5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6B6FCC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #676abc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight43/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BCB967
Analogous left#6795BC
Analogous right#8F67BC
Split-complement 1#BC8F67
Split-complement 2#95BC67
Triadic 1#BC676A
Triadic 2#6ABC67
Tetradic#BC6795
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°238°

#676abc sits at 238°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red40.4%
Green41.6%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
103
0x67
G · 0–255
106
0x6a
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan45.2%
Magenta43.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 115%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#676abc text on a black background

contrast 4.36:1

Card sample

#676abc text on a white background

contrast 4.81:1

Card sample

#676abc on grey

4.39:1

#676abc on its own surface

4.42:1

#676abc on its dark surface

3.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #676abc;
Background color
Panel with #676abc background
background-color: #676abc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #676abc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(103, 106, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(103, 106, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #676abc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #676abc, #9D67BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #676abc, #B267BC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #676abc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #676abc;
caret-color: #676abc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #676abc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDEEF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #676abc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#676abc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #676abc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(103, 106, 188, 0.5)
rgb(103 106 188 / 50%)
#676abc80
hsl(238 39% 57% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #676abc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#676abc1a#F0F0F8
20%#676abc33#E1E1F2
40%#676abc66#C2C3E4
60%#676abc99#A4A6D7
80%#676abccc#8588C9

Gradients from #676abc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9294CF, #676abc 45%, #272958);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #676abc, #9752B3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #676abc, #BCB967);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A7A9D8 0%, #676abc 45%, #272958 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8BB3CC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A47CC5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #272958 0%, transparent 65%), #676abc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #676abc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#676abc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.36:1 — lift it to #6B6EBE for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#676abc, answered

What color is #676abc?

#676abc is a balanced soft blue, closest to Slate Blue (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 238° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #676abc?

rgb(103, 106, 188) — 103 red, 106 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 40.4% / 41.6% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #676abc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(238, 39%, 57%) and hsv(238, 45%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #676abc a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1682 and perceived brightness is 46%, so white text on it reaches 4.81:1.

Should I use black or white text on #676abc?

White. It scores 4.81:1 against #676abc, versus 4.36:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #676abc accessible on a white background?

#676abc on white scores 4.81:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #676abc?

#BCB967 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BC8F67 and #95BC67, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #676abc?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C6C7E6 for borders, #4B4D9B for secondary text, #91793B as an accent and #272958 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6795BC and #8F67BC stays calm, while #BCB967 is the loudest partner.

What is #676abc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(45%, 44%, 0%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #676abc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 85 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8367BC; nudged cooler, #6583BE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #676abc?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 7.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #676abc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #676abc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#676abc] or text-[#676abc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #676abc with 50% opacity?

rgba(103, 106, 188, 0.5), or #676abc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B3B5DE; over black, #34355E.

Is #676abc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6666CC, ΔE2000 3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #676abc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #676abc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9294CF, #676abc 45%, #272958). For more colour, a short hue run to #9752B3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #676abc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #676abc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.