#685C6E#685C6E

#685C6E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.032 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C6E
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 9%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(280, 16%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 8.54, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 12.01, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.0223 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.032 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3501, 11.7232, 16.3610)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C6E #626E5C

analogous

#5F5C6E #685C6E #6E5C6B

triadic

#685C6E #6E685C #5C6E68

tetradic

#685C6E #6E5F5C #626E5C #5C6B6E

square

#685C6E #6E5F5C #626E5C #5C6B6E

split-complementary

#685C6E #6B6E5C #5C6E5F

monochromatic

#29242B #48404D #685C6E #87798F #A59AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#685C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#685C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C6E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C6E	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.032 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a97',
    500: '#685c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c6e;
$custom-light: #938a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.911,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49268,
    "c": 0.03184,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C6E

secondary

#919A8C

accent

#B2768A

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C6E

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

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