#685A6E#685A6E

#685A6E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.036 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A6E
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 110)
HSL	hsl(282, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(282, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 9.77, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 13.47, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.0257 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.036 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1791, 11.3813, 16.3040)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A6E #606E5A

analogous

#5E5A6E #685A6E #6E5A6A

triadic

#685A6E #6E685A #5A6E68

tetradic

#685A6E #6E5E5A #606E5A #5A6A6E

square

#685A6E #6E5E5A #606E5A #5A6A6E

split-complementary

#685A6E #6A6E5A #5A6E5E

monochromatic

#28232B #483E4C #685A6E #88768F #A598AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#685A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#685A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A6E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A6E	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.036 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938897',
    500: '#685a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a6e;
$custom-light: #938897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48836,
    "c": 0.03581,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A6E

secondary

#8F9A8A

accent

#B37587

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A6E

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

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