#685B79#685B79

#685B79 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.049 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B79
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 14%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 24.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 11.67, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 18.99, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.028 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.049 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9005, 11.8057, 19.6846)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B79 #6C795B

analogous

#5B5D79 #685B79 #775B79

triadic

#685B79 #79685B #5B7968

tetradic

#685B79 #795B5D #6C795B #5B7977

square

#685B79 #795B5D #6C795B #5B7977

split-complementary

#685B79 #79775B #5D795B

monochromatic

#2C2633 #4A4156 #685B79 #867899 #A69BB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#685B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#685B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B79

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B79	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56607A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#665F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.049 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93899f',
    500: '#685b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b79;
$custom-light: #93899f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 14.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49506,
    "c": 0.04949,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B79

secondary

#99A28E

accent

#B77199

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0B0E

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B79

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

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