HEX atlas value

#7B68EE

#7B68EE is a cool blue HEX color nearest Medium Slate Blue. RGB 123, 104, 238, HSL 249° 80% 67%, luminance 0.2028; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool vibrant

#7B68EE Sample readable text

HEX #7B68EE

RGB rgb(123, 104, 238)

HSL hsl(249 80% 67%)

CMYK cmyk(48, 56, 0, 7)

Luminance 0.2028

Contrast Black 5.06:1White 4.15:1

CSS

--color-7b68ee: #7B68EE;
.background-7b68ee { background-color: #7B68EE; }
.text-7b68ee { color: #7B68EE; }

HEX meaning and use

About #7B68EE

#7B68EE is classified as a cool blue value with vibrant visual character. #7B68EE is visually closest to Medium Slate Blue, a named blue color with HEX #7B68EE.

The RGB channels are 123, 104, and 238, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 249deg with 80% saturation and 67% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.2028, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text5.06:1AA Pass

White text4.15:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #7B68EE needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000005.06:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.15:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#DAEE68#DAEE68 · #000000 text · best 16.41:1 #C3BAF7#C3BAF7 · #000000 text · best 11.69:1 #3719E1#3719E1 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.79:1 #6897EE#6897EE · #000000 text · best 7.25:1 Cornflower#6A8EDB · #000000 text · best 6.5:1

Generated Palette

Medium Slate Blue#7B68EE

#DAEE68#DAEE68

#6897EE#6897EE

#BF68EE#BF68EE

#C3BAF7#C3BAF7

#3719E1#3719E1

Color Harmonies

#DAEE68#DAEE68

#6897EE#6897EE

#BF68EE#BF68EE

#EE7C68#EE7C68

#68EE7C#68EE7C

Variants

#C3BAF7#C3BAF7

#3719E1#3719E1

#7057FF#7057FF

#897ADC#897ADC

#E1DDF8#E1DDF8

#9380FF#9380FF

Nearest Named Colors

Medium Slate Blue#7B68EE

Medium Purple#9370DB

Slate Blue#6A5ACD

Amethyst#9966CC

Cornflower#6A8EDB

Luminance0.2028

Black text5.06:1AA Pass

White text4.15:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#7B68EE","rgb":[123,104,238],"hsl":[249,80,67],"cmyk":[48,56,0,7],"luminance":0.2028,"contrast":{"black":5.06,"white":4.15}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":5.06,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.15,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#DAEE68","hex":"#DAEE68","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.41,"contrastWhite":1.28,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C3BAF7","hex":"#C3BAF7","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.69,"contrastWhite":1.8,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#3719E1","hex":"#3719E1","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.39,"contrastWhite":8.79,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#6897EE","hex":"#6897EE","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.25,"contrastWhite":2.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Cornflower","hex":"#6A8EDB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.5,"contrastWhite":3.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","vibrant","vibrant blue","Medium Slate Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/7b68ee.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-slate-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-purple.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/slate-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DAEE68","analogous":["#6897EE","#BF68EE"],"triadic":["#EE7C68","#68EE7C"],"tetradic":["#EE6897","#DAEE68","#68EEBF"],"splitComplementary":["#EEBF68","#97EE68"],"monochromatic":["#C3BAF7","#7B68EE","#3719E1"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C3BAF7","dark":"#3719E1","saturated":"#7057FF","desaturated":"#897ADC","pastel":"#E1DDF8","neon":"#9380FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"medium-slate-blue","name":"Medium Slate Blue","hex":"#7B68EE","distance":0},{"slug":"medium-purple","name":"Medium Purple","hex":"#9370DB","distance":31.63858403911275},{"slug":"slate-blue","name":"Slate Blue","hex":"#6A5ACD","distance":39.67366884975475},{"slug":"amethyst","name":"Amethyst","hex":"#9966CC","distance":45.387222871640866},{"slug":"cornflower","name":"Cornflower","hex":"#6A8EDB","distance":45.760244754590204}]

#7B68EE

CSS

About #7B68EE

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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