#685A6A#685A6A

#685A6A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.031 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A6A
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 106)
HSL	hsl(293, 8%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 15%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 8.89, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 11.34, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.0241 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.031 322)
XYZ	xyz(11.9662, 11.2962, 15.1829)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A6A #5C6A5A

analogous

#605A6A #685A6A #6A5A64

triadic

#685A6A #6A685A #5A6A68

tetradic

#685A6A #6A605A #5C6A5A #5A646A

square

#685A6A #6A605A #5C6A5A #5A646A

split-complementary

#685A6A #646A5A #5A6A60

monochromatic

#272228 #483E49 #685A6A #88768B #A597A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#685A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#685A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A6A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A6A	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.031 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938894',
    500: '#685a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a6a;
$custom-light: #938894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 8.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4868,
    "c": 0.03058,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.11296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A6A

secondary

#8B968A

accent

#B1777E

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A6A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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