#685A74#685A74

#685A74 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.044 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A74
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 116)
HSL	hsl(272, 13%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 22%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 11.12, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 16.83, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.0279 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.044 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5169, 11.5164, 18.0831)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A74 #66745A

analogous

#5B5A74 #685A74 #745A73

triadic

#685A74 #74685A #5A7468

tetradic

#685A74 #745B5A #66745A #5A7374

square

#685A74 #745B5A #66745A #5A7374

split-complementary

#685A74 #73745A #5A745B

monochromatic

#2A252F #493F52 #685A74 #877695 #A599B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#685A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#685A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A74

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A74	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#675D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.044 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93889c',
    500: '#685a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a74;
$custom-light: #93889c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 12.621,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49081,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A74

secondary

#949E8C

accent

#B57291

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0E

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A74

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

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