#685A76#685A76

#685A76 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.047 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A76
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(270, 24%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 11.58, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 17.97, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.0286 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.047 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6345, 11.5635, 18.7024)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A76 #68765A

analogous

#5A5A76 #685A76 #765A76

triadic

#685A76 #76685A #5A7668

tetradic

#685A76 #765A5A #68765A #5A7676

square

#685A76 #765A5A #68765A #5A7676

split-complementary

#685A76 #76765A #5A765A

monochromatic

#2B2531 #494053 #685A76 #877697 #A599B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#685A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#685A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A76

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A76	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#665E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.047 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93889d',
    500: '#685a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a76;
$custom-light: #93889d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.462,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49165,
    "c": 0.04703,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A76

secondary

#96A08C

accent

#B67294

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0E

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A76

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

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