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Cobalt Silk Bright
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Cobalt Silk Bright

Blue · Hue 220
Metrics
S 84% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white2.9:1Failon black7.3:1AA
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About this color

Cobalt Silk Bright (#6997F2) belongs to the blue family — hue 220°, 84% saturation, 68% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-cobalt-silk-bright: #6997F2;
  --colorarchive-cobalt-silk-bright-hsl: hsl(220, 84%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-cobalt-silk-bright-rgb: rgb(105, 151, 242);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SereneTrustworthyClean
Common in

Social Media · Cloud Storage · Baby Products

Pairs well with

Light gray for tech minimalism, peach for friendly warmth

Design tip

The default choice for tech and social platforms for good reason. Light blue backgrounds reduce anxiety and increase trust.

Cultural context ▶

Light blue represents peace, sky, and openness. It's the most universally liked color, making it safe for global brands.

Color Origins

Blue family

The most-loved color on the planet, and the most overused.

Heritage

Blue is one of the hardest colors for nature to make with pigment — and, historically, one of the most expensive to paint with. Ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan, could cost as much as gold in Renaissance Europe; Vermeer used it lavishly. Egyptian blue (the first synthetic pigment, ~3000 BCE) was lost for centuries and rediscovered in the 19th. Prussian blue (1704) quickly gave painters a cheap alternative to ultramarine; Yves Klein's IKB (1960) re-aristocratized blue.

Across cultures

In ancient Egypt blue was the color of the Nile and the heavens — sacred, protective. In China blue-and-white porcelain (qinghua) defined export ceramics for centuries. In Mediterranean traditions blue wards off the evil eye. In America, IBM's blue logo helped earn it the nickname 'Big Blue'; in Japan, indigo (ai) is the centuries-old workwear dye that became the ground tone of an entire textile tradition. Across the world blue is consistently rated the most-liked color — in one ten-country survey it led every other color by 8 to 18 points.

In the wild

Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook is blue because he is red-green colorblind. Levi's blue is the natural color of indigo on cotton. Twitter Blue (#1DA1F2) defined social-media blue for years before the 2023 rebrand to X scrapped it. The blue checkmark, the blue link, the blue 'send' button — blue has become the default color of digital trust, to the point of being a UX cliché.

How it reads

Blue tends to recede — the eye focuses blue light slightly in front of the retina, which can make blue elements feel deep or distant. It reads as trustworthy, calm, corporate, and (at the cool end) cold. Light blues read airy and clinical; mid blues are the default for tech and finance; deep blues read as luxurious or naval. The omnipresence of blue in software is real: most enterprise UIs reach for it because it offends the fewest stakeholders, which is also the reason it can feel like the absence of a real choice.

This particular tone

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where many identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #6997F2.

  • Redditsecondary
    Periwinkle · #7193FF
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  • Anthropicaccent
    Anthropic Blue · #6A9BCC
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Blue · #4285F4
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #6997F2.

  • MoroccoChefchaouen Blue
    #7BAFD4 · Painted medina walls (Rif mountains)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Jade Green (碧玉)
    #5F9EA0 · Hetian and Burmese jadeite
    →
  • Turkey (Istanbul)Bosphorus Turquoise
    #4DA8AC · Marmara strait water
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using blue and color in design.

HistoryIndigo: The Color That Built Trade Routes and Made Blue CheapBrand & MarketingTechnology Brand Color Design: Trust, Intelligence, and the Blue ProblemColor TheoryColor and Trust: How Financial, Medical, and Legal Products Signal Credibility

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Cobalt Bloom Bright
#8EB1F5 · hsl(220, 84%, 76%)
Darker companion
Cobalt Tone Bright
#437CEF · hsl(220, 84%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Apricot Silk Bright
#F2C469 · hsl(40, 84%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Amethyst Silk Bright
#7469F2 · hsl(245, 84%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Azure Silk Bright
#69C4F2 · hsl(200, 84%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Garnet Silk Bright
#F26997 · hsl(340, 84%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Moss Silk Bright
#97F269 · hsl(100, 84%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Ruby Silk Bright
#F28069 · hsl(10, 84%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Honey Silk Bright
#DBF269 · hsl(70, 84%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Cobalt Silk Bright #6997F2
Lighter companion: Cobalt Bloom Bright #8EB1F5
Darker companion: Cobalt Tone Bright #437CEF
Complementary counterpoint: Apricot Silk Bright #F2C469
Analogous lead: Amethyst Silk Bright #7469F2
Analogous echo: Azure Silk Bright #69C4F2
Triadic +120°: Garnet Silk Bright #F26997
Triadic +240°: Moss Silk Bright #97F269
Split-comp +150°: Ruby Silk Bright #F28069
Split-comp +210°: Honey Silk Bright #DBF269

Compare

See how Cobalt Silk Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsCobalt Bloom BrightvsCobalt Tone BrightvsApricot Silk BrightvsAmethyst Silk BrightvsAzure Silk BrightvsGarnet Silk Bright

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Cobalt Silk Pure
#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Silk Vivid
#7199EA · hsl(220, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Tone Bright
#437CEF · hsl(220, 84%, 60%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Bloom Bright
#8EB1F5 · hsl(220, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Tone Pure
#3B7AF7 · hsl(220, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Bloom Pure
#89AFFA · hsl(220, 92%, 76%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AA5.3:1
Apricot Ink Faint
#272520
AA5.2:1
Apricot Ink Muted
#2A261D
AA5.2:1
Apricot Ink Dust
#2D271A
AA5.1:1
Apricot Ink Soft
#302818
AA4.9:1
Apricot Ink Clear
#372A10
AA4.6:1
Apricot Ink Vivid
#3E2D09

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#7D79DC
Protanopia
#8080E0
Tritanopia
#6CD1CD
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Cobalt Silk Faint#A5ABB6 · hsl(220, 10%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Muted#9FA9BC · hsl(220, 18%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Dust#98A6C3 · hsl(220, 26%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Soft#92A4C9 · hsl(220, 34%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Clear#819FD9 · hsl(220, 54%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Vivid#7199EA · hsl(220, 74%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Bright#6997F2 · hsl(220, 84%, 68%)Cobalt Silk Pure#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
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