#685C8D#685C8D

#685C8D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.078 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C8D
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 21%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(255, 35%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.03, 16.06, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.03, 30.03, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.0324 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.078 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3426, 12.5203, 26.8552)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C8D #818D5C

analogous

#5C688D #685C8D #805C8D

triadic

#685C8D #8D685C #5C8D68

tetradic

#685C8D #8D5C68 #818D5C #5C8D80

square

#685C8D #8D5C68 #818D5C #5C8D80

split-complementary

#685C8D #8D805C #688D5C

monochromatic

#312C43 #4D4468 #685C8D #887CAA #A9A1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#685C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#685C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C8D

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C8D	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F648F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60646E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.078 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948aae',
    500: '#685c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c8d;
$custom-light: #948aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 21.03,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50653,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C8D

secondary

#A9B095

accent

#BE6AA9

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0B10

muted

#7E7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C8D

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

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