#685E72#685E72

#685E72 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.034 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E72
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 10%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(270, 18%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 8.21, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 12.81, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.0205 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.034 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7483, 12.1634, 17.5925)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E72 #68725E

analogous

#5E5E72 #685E72 #725E72

triadic

#685E72 #72685E #5E7268

tetradic

#685E72 #725E5E #68725E #5E7272

square

#685E72 #725E5E #68725E #5E7272

split-complementary

#685E72 #72725E #5E725E

monochromatic

#2B272F #494250 #685E72 #877B92 #A59DAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#685E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#685E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E72

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E72	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)

#5B6173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.034 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b9a',
    500: '#685e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e72;
$custom-light: #938b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 9.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4986,
    "c": 0.03356,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E72

secondary

#969D8F

accent

#B37594

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0C0E

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E72

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

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