#685C72#685C72

#685C72 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.037 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C72
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 19%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 9.43, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 14.25, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% 0.0238 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.037 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5728, 11.8123, 17.5340)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C72 #66725C

analogous

#5D5C72 #685C72 #725C71

triadic

#685C72 #72685C #5C7268

tetradic

#685C72 #725D5C #66725C #5C7172

square

#685C72 #725D5C #66725C #5C7172

split-complementary

#685C72 #71725C #5C725D

monochromatic

#2A252E #494150 #685C72 #877993 #A59BAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#685C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#685C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C72

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C72	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)

#596073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#675F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.037 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a9a',
    500: '#685c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c72;
$custom-light: #938a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 10.68,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49427,
    "c": 0.03743,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C72

secondary

#949D8D

accent

#B47491

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0B0E

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C72

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

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