Blue
#6888BF
#6888BF is a blue with medium intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 5.3:1. On white it reaches only 3.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#6888BF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #6888BF kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 E1ECFF
- 200 C5DAFF
- 300 A1C0F5
- 400 84A4DB
- 500 6888BF
- 600 4F6DA2
- 700 395585
- 800 263F6A
- 900 162A4F
- 950 071734
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e1ecff; --color-blue-200: #c5daff; --color-blue-300: #a1c0f5; --color-blue-400: #84a4db; --color-blue-500: #6888bf; --color-blue-600: #4f6da2; --color-blue-700: #395585; --color-blue-800: #263f6a; --color-blue-900: #162a4f; --color-blue-950: #071734;}Is #6888BF readable?
Contrast for text on #6888BF and for #6888BF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 5.3APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #5877AD · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 5.3APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #6888BF
Six palettes built around #6888BF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#6888BF · #9E7CDD · #4EC2FF · #ECCDFD · #273240
- Complementary#6888BF · #DBA74A · #D5AB3A · #D3E0FF · #282D38
- Split complementary#6888BF · #C7641D · #8DC546 · #CDDEFF · #222834
- Triadic#6888BF · #B66E69 · #6CBB6C · #CEE1FF · #28303F
- Tetradic#6888BF · #C17597 · #E5A400 · #C1F8E8 · #232A39
- Monochromatic#6888BF · #5797EE · #63A0FF · #DBE7FF · #1F242B
#6888BF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #6888BF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #E1ECFF
- Brand 200, #C5DAFF
- Brand 300, #A1C0F5
- Brand 400, #84A4DB
- Brand 500, #6888BF
- Brand 600, #4F6DA2
- Brand 700, #395585
- Brand 800, #263F6A
- Brand 900, #162A4F
- Brand 950, #071734
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F747B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3C4047
- Neutral 800, #25282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #2BA06E
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F1B169
- Warning 400, #E09B49
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #CC4A4E
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F7FF
- Info 100, #DEEDFF
- Info 200, #BFDCFF
- Info 300, #90C3FF
- Info 400, #6CA7EA
- Info 500, #4782C5
- Info 600, #356FB0
- Info 700, #1E5692
- Info 800, #094076
- Info 900, #002B56
- Info 950, #001835
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 5.5:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #6888BF
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