#685D89#685D89

#685D89 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.070 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D89
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 137)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 32.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 14.40, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 26.99, 302.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.0298 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.07 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1376, 12.5778, 25.3450)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D89 #7E895D

analogous

#5D6889 #685D89 #7E5D89

triadic

#685D89 #89685D #5D8968

tetradic

#685D89 #895D68 #7E895D #5D897E

square

#685D89 #895D68 #7E895D #5D897E

split-complementary

#685D89 #897E5D #68895D

monochromatic

#312C40 #4C4465 #685D89 #877DA7 #A9A1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#685D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#685D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D89

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D89	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52648B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61646D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.070 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948bab',
    500: '#685d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d89;
$custom-light: #948bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 19.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50662,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D89

secondary

#A7AE94

accent

#BC6CA8

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0C10

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D89

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

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