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Indigo Silk Pure
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Indigo Silk Pure

Blue · Hue 230
Hex
#627BF8
RGB
rgb(98, 123, 248)
HSL
hsl(230, 92%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 50%, 0%, 3%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
3.7:1AA Large
on black
5.7:1AA
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About this color

Indigo Silk Pure (#627BF8) belongs to the blue family — hue 230°, 92% 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-indigo-silk-pure: #627BF8;
  --colorarchive-indigo-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(230, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-indigo-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(98, 123, 248);
}

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 the rarest pigment in the natural world — and so, historically, the most expensive. Ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli mined only in Afghanistan, was worth more than gold in Renaissance Europe; Vermeer's bills were enormous because of how much he used. Egyptian blue (the first synthetic pigment, ~3000 BCE) was lost for centuries and rediscovered in the 19th. Prussian blue (1704) democratized blue overnight; Yves Klein's IKB (1960) re-aristocratized it.

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 600 years. In Mediterranean traditions blue wards off the evil eye. In post-WWII America, blue became the corporate default ('IBM 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 — sometimes by 35% margins.

In the wild

Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. IBM's blue dates to 1947. Levi's blue is the natural color of indigo on cotton. Twitter Blue (#1DA1F2) defined social-media blue for a decade before X scrapped it. Pixar's Up famously runs on a single complementary palette built on blue. 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 recedes — physically, the eye focuses blue light slightly behind the retina, which makes 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 most 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 #627BF8.

  • Discordprimary
    Blurple · #5865F2
    →
  • Linearprimary
    Linear Indigo · #5E6AD2
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Blue · #4285F4
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #627BF8.

  • MoroccoMajorelle Blue
    #6050DC · Jacques Majorelle's Marrakech garden, 1937
    →
  • France (Paris)Seine Steel
    #7E8A93 · River reflectivity in winter
    →
  • China (Traditional)Jade Green (碧玉)
    #5F9EA0 · Hetian and Burmese jadeite
    →

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
Indigo Bloom Pure
#899CFA · hsl(230, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Indigo Tone Pure
#3B5AF7 · hsl(230, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Amber Silk Pure
#F8DF62 · hsl(50, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Violet Silk Pure
#7B62F8 · hsl(250, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Steel Silk Pure
#62BAF8 · hsl(205, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Merlot Silk Pure
#F8627B · hsl(350, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Leaf Silk Pure
#7BF862 · hsl(110, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Ember Silk Pure
#F89462 · hsl(20, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Olive Silk Pure
#C6F862 · hsl(80, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Indigo Silk Pure #627BF8
Lighter companion: Indigo Bloom Pure #899CFA
Darker companion: Indigo Tone Pure #3B5AF7
Complementary counterpoint: Amber Silk Pure #F8DF62
Analogous lead: Violet Silk Pure #7B62F8
Analogous echo: Steel Silk Pure #62BAF8
Triadic +120°: Merlot Silk Pure #F8627B
Triadic +240°: Leaf Silk Pure #7BF862
Split-comp +150°: Ember Silk Pure #F89462
Split-comp +210°: Olive Silk Pure #C6F862

Compare

See how Indigo Silk Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsIndigo Bloom PurevsIndigo Tone PurevsAmber Silk PurevsViolet Silk PurevsSteel Silk PurevsMerlot Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Indigo Silk Bright
#6980F2 · hsl(230, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Indigo Tone Pure
#3B5AF7 · hsl(230, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Pure
#899CFA · hsl(230, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Indigo Silk Vivid
#7185EA · hsl(230, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Indigo Tone Bright
#4360EF · hsl(230, 84%, 60%)
Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Bright
#8EA0F5 · hsl(230, 84%, 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
AA4.5:1
Scarlet Ink Clear
#371410
AA4.5:1
Scarlet Ink Vivid
#3E0E09
AA4.5:1
Scarlet Ink Bright
#420B06
AA4.5:1
Crimson Ink Dust
#2D1A1A
AA4.5:1
Crimson Ink Soft
#301818
AA4.6:1
Crimson Ink Clear
#371010

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#6C6ADC
Protanopia
#6E6EE2
Tritanopia
#63CEC9
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