#685D8A#685D8A

#685D8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.071 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D8A
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 32.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 14.66, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 27.58, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.0301 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.071 295)
XYZ	xyz(14.2096, 12.6066, 25.7245)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D8A #7F8A5D

analogous

#5D688A #685D8A #7F5D8A

triadic

#685D8A #8A685D #5D8A68

tetradic

#685D8A #8A5D68 #7F8A5D #5D8A7F

square

#685D8A #8A5D68 #7F8A5D #5D8A7F

split-complementary

#685D8A #8A7F5D #688A5D

monochromatic

#312C41 #4C4465 #685D8A #877DA7 #A9A1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#685D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#685D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D8A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D8A	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52648C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61646D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.071 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948bac',
    500: '#685d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d8a;
$custom-light: #948bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 19.481,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5071,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.12607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D8A

secondary

#A8AE95

accent

#BC6CA8

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0C10

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D8A

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

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