#685C8A#685C8A

#685C8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.073 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C8A
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 20%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 33%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 15.28, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 28.26, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0316 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.073 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1224, 12.4322, 25.6954)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C8A #7E8A5C

analogous

#5C678A #685C8A #7F5C8A

triadic

#685C8A #8A685C #5C8A68

tetradic

#685C8A #8A5C67 #7E8A5C #5C8A7F

square

#685C8A #8A5C67 #7E8A5C #5C8A7F

split-complementary

#685C8A #8A7F5C #678A5C

monochromatic

#312B41 #4C4465 #685C8A #877CA7 #A9A0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#685C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#685C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C8A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C8A	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51638C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61646D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.073 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948aac',
    500: '#685c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c8a;
$custom-light: #948aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50504,
    "c": 0.07302,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C8A

secondary

#A7AE94

accent

#BD6BA7

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0B10

muted

#7E7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C8A

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

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