#685E71#685E71

#685E71 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.032 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E71
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 9%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(272, 17%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 16.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 7.98, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 12.24, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.0202 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.032 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6917, 12.1408, 17.2944)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E71 #67715E

analogous

#5E5E71 #685E71 #715E70

triadic

#685E71 #71685E #5E7168

tetradic

#685E71 #715E5E #67715E #5E7071

square

#685E71 #715E5E #67715E #5E7071

split-complementary

#685E71 #70715E #5E715E

monochromatic

#2B262E #494250 #685E71 #877B91 #A59CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#685E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#685E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E71

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E71	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.032 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b99',
    500: '#685e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e71;
$custom-light: #938b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 9.179,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4982,
    "c": 0.03212,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E71

secondary

#959C8F

accent

#B27692

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0C0E

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E71

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

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