#685C70#685C70

#685C70 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.035 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C70
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 112)
HSL	hsl(276, 10%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(276, 18%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 8.98, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 13.12, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% 0.0231 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.035 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4602, 11.7673, 16.9410)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C70 #64705C

analogous

#5E5C70 #685C70 #705C6E

triadic

#685C70 #70685C #5C7068

tetradic

#685C70 #705E5C #64705C #5C6E70

square

#685C70 #705E5C #64705C #5C6E70

split-complementary

#685C70 #6E705C #5C705E

monochromatic

#2A252D #49404E #685C70 #877991 #A59AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#685C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#685C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C70

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C70	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C616F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#675E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.035 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a99',
    500: '#685c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c70;
$custom-light: #938a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49347,
    "c": 0.0346,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C70

secondary

#929B8D

accent

#B3758E

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C70

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

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