#685D71#685D71

#685D71 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D71
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 10%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(273, 18%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 17.7%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 8.59, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 12.96, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.0218 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6034, 11.9641, 17.2649)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D71 #66715D

analogous

#5E5D71 #685D71 #715D70

triadic

#685D71 #71685D #5D7168

tetradic

#685D71 #715E5D #66715D #5D7071

square

#685D71 #715E5D #66715D #5D7071

split-complementary

#685D71 #70715D #5D715E

monochromatic

#2A262E #49414F #685D71 #877A91 #A59BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#685D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#685D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D71

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D71	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#675F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b99',
    500: '#685d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d71;
$custom-light: #938b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49603,
    "c": 0.03406,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D71

secondary

#949C8E

accent

#B37591

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0B0E

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D71

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

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