#685A97#685A97

#685A97 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.096 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A97
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 40%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 40.4%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 19.97, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 37.26, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.0378 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.096 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9496, 12.4895, 30.8952)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A97 #89975A

analogous

#5A6B97 #685A97 #865A97

triadic

#685A97 #97685A #5A9768

tetradic

#685A97 #975A6B #89975A #5A9786

square

#685A97 #975A6B #89975A #5A9786

split-complementary

#685A97 #97865A #6B975A

monochromatic

#332C4A #4E4371 #685A97 #897DB1 #ACA3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#685A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#685A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A97

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A97	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D6571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.096 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9588b6',
    500: '#685a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a97;
$custom-light: #9588b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50775,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A97

secondary

#AFB697

accent

#C266AD

background

#F9F8FB

surface

#F2F0F6

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0B11

muted

#7E7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A97

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

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