#685D79#685D79

#685D79 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.046 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D79
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 121)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 23.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 10.44, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 17.57, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.0247 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.046 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0738, 12.1522, 19.7423)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D79 #6E795D

analogous

#5D6079 #685D79 #765D79

triadic

#685D79 #79685D #5D7968

tetradic

#685D79 #795D60 #6E795D #5D7976

square

#685D79 #795D60 #6E795D #5D7976

split-complementary

#685D79 #79765D #60795D

monochromatic

#2D2834 #4A4256 #685D79 #867A99 #A69DB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#685D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#685D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D79

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D79	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58627A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.046 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b9f',
    500: '#685d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d79;
$custom-light: #938b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 13.084,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49932,
    "c": 0.04575,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D79

secondary

#9BA290

accent

#B6729B

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0B0E

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D79

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

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