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#683dfd

a balanced, electric blue · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

Token name suggestion: Studio Cobalt

RGB
104, 61, 253
HSL
253°, 98%, 62%
CMYK
59, 76, 0, 1
Luminance
0.1337

#683dfd is a balanced electric blue, 253° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.72:1). As text it scores 5.72:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Blue Violet, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(253 98% 62%)rgb(104 61 253)Base step 400AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #683dfd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#683dfd
Hue
253°
blue
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
62%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
44%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1337
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.72:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
109.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.540
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 9.1
Web-safe
#6633FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue253° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness62%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #683dfd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% 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
Red22%
Green25%
Blue53%

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

Every format

HEX#683dfd
HEX (8-digit)#683dfdff
RGBrgb(104, 61, 253)
RGBArgba(104, 61, 253, 1)
HSLhsl(253, 98%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 76%, 99%)
HWBhwb(253 24% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(59%, 76%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(43.3 65.1 -88.3)
LCHlch(43.3 109.7 306.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.540 0.262 283.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(25.10, 13.37, 94.17)
Decimal6831613
Display P3color(display-p3 0.408 0.239 0.992)
Web-safe#6633FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #683dfd;
background-color: #683dfd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #683dfd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#683dfd] bg-[#683dfd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #683dfd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.408, green: 0.239, blue: 0.992)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.408, green: 0.239, blue: 0.992, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#683DFD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF683DFD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF683DFD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(253, 61, 104)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(104, 61, 253)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(104, 61, 253)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 104, 61, 253)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4078f, 0.2392f, 0.9922f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{104,61,253}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #683dfd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #683dfd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D017E, #D9D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #683dfd 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: #F4F1FD;
  --brand-100: #E9E3FC;
  --brand-200: #CEC1FB;
  --brand-300: #A890FE;
  --brand-400: #683dfd;
  --brand-500: #5221FD;
  --brand-600: #3802F2;
  --brand-700: #2F02CA;
  --brand-800: #2502A2;
  --brand-900: #1F0674;
  --brand-950: #130449;
  --brand: #683dfd;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CAC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #4C1AFD;
  --brand-pressed: #3802F0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #171424;
    --brand-ink: #D9D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F1FD',
        100: '#E9E3FC',
        200: '#CEC1FB',
        300: '#A890FE',
        400: '#683dfd',
        500: '#5221FD',
        600: '#3802F2',
        700: '#2F02CA',
        800: '#2502A2',
        900: '#1F0674',
        950: '#130449',
        DEFAULT: '#683dfd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F1FD,
  '100': #E9E3FC,
  '200': #CEC1FB,
  '300': #A890FE,
  '400': #683dfd,
  '500': #5221FD,
  '600': #3802F2,
  '700': #2F02CA,
  '800': #2502A2,
  '900': #1F0674,
  '950': #130449,
);
$brand-base: #683dfd;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F1FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9E3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CEC1FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A890FE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#683dfd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5221FD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3802F2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2F02CA", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2502A2", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1F0674", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#130449", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #683dfd · 5.72:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.72:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.67:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #683dfd as text scores 5.72:1 on white and 3.67:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EBE6FF at 4.71:1.

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
#683dfd · 5.72:1
AA on whitealready passes
#683dfd
The quick fox
#501FFD · 7.11:1
AAA on white−6% L
#501FFD
The quick fox
#7C56FD · 4.61:1
AA on black+5% L
#7C56FD
The quick fox
#9F84FE · 7.21:1
AAA on black+14% L
#9F84FE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #683DFD 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
#683dfd on white: 5.72:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#683dfd on black: 3.67:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #683dfd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #683dfd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.72:1AaAa
Slate 505.46:1AaAa
Slate 1005.22:1AaAa
Slate 2004.64:1AaAa
Slate 3003.85:1AaAa
Slate 4002.23:1AaAa
Slate 5001.20:1AaAa
Slate 6001.33:1AaAa
Slate 7001.81:1AaAa
Slate 8002.56:1AaAa
Slate 9003.12:1AaAa
Black3.67:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #006CFF
deuteranopia · #0060FA
tritanopia · #00759C

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. #683dfd is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F1FD
#E9E3FC
#CEC1FB
#A890FE
#683dfd
#5221FD
#3802F2
#2F02CA
#2502A2
#1F0674
#130449
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4F1FDDarkest = 950 · #130449Text step on white = 400
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 0.065 283.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.105 283.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.157 283.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.204 283.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.241 283.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.262 283.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.262 283.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.246 283.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.220 283.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.183 283.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.144 283.6);
}

Colors that work with #683dfd

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#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CAC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5D4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CCC700
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D017E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBE6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#171424
Dark-mode background
Hover#4C1AFD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3802F0
Two steps down
Disabled#D0CCDE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7750FF
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
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Data
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How to use #683dfd

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight38/100
  • 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#D2FD3D
Analogous left#3D72FD
Analogous right#C83DFD
Split-complement 1#FDC83D
Split-complement 2#72FD3D
Triadic 1#FD683D
Triadic 2#3DFD68
Tetradic#FD3D72
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°253°

#683dfd sits at 253°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red40.8%
Green23.9%
Blue99.2%
R · 0–255
104
0x68
G · 0–255
61
0x3d
B · 0–255
253
0xfd

CMYK percentages

Cyan58.9%
Magenta75.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 136%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#683dfd text on a black background

contrast 3.67:1

Card sample

#683dfd text on a white background

contrast 5.72:1

Card sample

#683dfd on grey

5.22:1

#683dfd on its own surface

5.24:1

#683dfd on its dark surface

3.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #683dfd;
Background color
Panel with #683dfd background
background-color: #683dfd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #683dfd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(104, 61, 253, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(104, 61, 253, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #683dfd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #683dfd, #E83DFD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #683dfd, #FD3DE2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #683dfd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #683dfd;
caret-color: #683dfd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #683dfd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBE6FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #683dfd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#683dfd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #683dfd 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(104, 61, 253, 0.5)
rgb(104 61 253 / 50%)
#683dfd80
hsl(253 98% 62% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #683dfd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#683dfd1a#F0ECFF
20%#683dfd33#E1D8FF
40%#683dfd66#C3B1FE
60%#683dfd99#A48BFE
80%#683dfdcc#8664FD

Gradients from #683dfd

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, #977AFE, #683dfd 45%, #1D017E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #683dfd, #F71FFD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #683dfd, #D2FD3D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AF98FE 0%, #683dfd 45%, #1D017E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #70A3FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DE5BFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D017E 0%, transparent 65%), #683dfd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #683dfd

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.

#683dfd 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 3.67:1 — lift it to #7C56FD 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.

#683dfd, answered

What color is #683dfd?

#683dfd is a balanced electric blue, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 253° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 62% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #683dfd?

rgb(104, 61, 253) — 104 red, 61 green and 253 blue out of 255, or 40.8% / 23.9% / 99.2% by channel.

What is #683dfd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(253, 98%, 62%) and hsv(253, 76%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #683dfd a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1337 and perceived brightness is 44%, so white text on it reaches 5.72:1.

Should I use black or white text on #683dfd?

White. It scores 5.72:1 against #683dfd, versus 3.67:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #683dfd accessible on a white background?

#683dfd on white scores 5.72:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #683dfd?

#D2FD3D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FDC83D and #72FD3D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #683dfd?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CAC0ED for borders, #5D4B9B for secondary text, #CCC700 as an accent and #1D017E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3D72FD and #C83DFD stays calm, while #D2FD3D is the loudest partner.

What is #683dfd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(59%, 76%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #683dfd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #AE3DFD; nudged cooler, #3B57FF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #683dfd?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 9.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #683dfd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #683dfd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#683dfd] or text-[#683dfd], 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 #683dfd with 50% opacity?

rgba(104, 61, 253, 0.5), or #683dfd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B49EFE; over black, #341F7F.

Is #683dfd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6633FF, ΔE2000 1.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #683dfd 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #683dfd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #977AFE, #683dfd 45%, #1D017E). For more colour, a short hue run to #F71FFD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #683dfd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #683dfd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.