#685A6C#685A6C

#685A6C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.033 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A6C
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 108)
HSL	hsl(287, 9%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 9.33, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 12.39, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.0249 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.033 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0715, 11.3382, 15.7370)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A6C #5E6C5A

analogous

#5F5A6C #685A6C #6C5A67

triadic

#685A6C #6C685A #5A6C68

tetradic

#685A6C #6C5F5A #5E6C5A #5A676C

square

#685A6C #6C5F5A #5E6C5A #5A676C

split-complementary

#685A6C #676C5A #5A6C5F

monochromatic

#282229 #483E4B #685A6C #88768D #A598A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#685A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#685A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A6C

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A6C	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.033 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938896',
    500: '#685a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a6c;
$custom-light: #938896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48757,
    "c": 0.03315,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A6C

secondary

#8D988A

accent

#B27683

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A6C

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

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