#685A8A#685A8A

#685A8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.077 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A8A
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(258, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 16.52, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 29.64, 303.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.0347 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.077 297)
XYZ	xyz(13.9515, 12.0902, 25.6385)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A8A #7C8A5A

analogous

#5A648A #685A8A #805A8A

triadic

#685A8A #8A685A #5A8A68

tetradic

#685A8A #8A5A64 #7C8A5A #5A8A80

square

#685A8A #8A5A64 #7C8A5A #5A8A80

split-complementary

#685A8A #8A805A #648A5A

monochromatic

#302A40 #4C4265 #685A8A #8779A8 #A89EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#685A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#685A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A8A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A8A	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E628C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61626C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.077 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9488ac',
    500: '#685a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a8a;
$custom-light: #9488ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50094,
    "c": 0.07652,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.1209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A8A

secondary

#A6AE92

accent

#BE6AA5

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0B10

muted

#7E7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A8A

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

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