#685E78#685E78

#685E78 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.042 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E78
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 120)
HSL	hsl(263, 12%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 22%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 9.59, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 16.29, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0227 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.042 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1011, 12.3045, 19.4505)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E78 #6E785E

analogous

#5E6178 #685E78 #755E78

triadic

#685E78 #78685E #5E7868

tetradic

#685E78 #785E61 #6E785E #5E7875

square

#685E78 #785E61 #6E785E #5E7875

split-complementary

#685E78 #78755E #61785E

monochromatic

#2D2833 #4A4356 #685E78 #867B98 #A69EB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#685E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#685E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E78

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E78	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.042 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b9f',
    500: '#685e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e78;
$custom-light: #938b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 12.15,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50104,
    "c": 0.0424,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E78

secondary

#9BA290

accent

#B5739C

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0C0E

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E78

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

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