#685E76#685E76

#685E76 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.039 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E76
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 118)
HSL	hsl(265, 11%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(265, 20%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 9.12, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 15.12, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.022 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.039 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9810, 12.2565, 18.8179)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E76 #6C765E

analogous

#5E6076 #685E76 #745E76

triadic

#685E76 #76685E #5E7668

tetradic

#685E76 #765E60 #6C765E #5E7674

square

#685E76 #765E60 #6C765E #5E7674

split-complementary

#685E76 #76745E #60765E

monochromatic

#2C2832 #4A4354 #685E76 #867B96 #A69DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#685E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#685E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E76

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E76	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.039 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b9d',
    500: '#685e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e76;
$custom-light: #938b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 11.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50021,
    "c": 0.03943,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E76

secondary

#99A090

accent

#B47499

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0C0E

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E76

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

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