#685E80#685E80

#685E80 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.054 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E80
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 128)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 27%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 11.52, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 20.99, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.0255 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.054 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6071, 12.5069, 22.1151)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E80 #76805E

analogous

#5E6580 #685E80 #795E80

triadic

#685E80 #80685E #5E8068

tetradic

#685E80 #805E65 #76805E #5E8079

square

#685E80 #805E65 #76805E #5E8079

split-complementary

#685E80 #80795E #65805E

monochromatic

#2F2A39 #4B445D #685E80 #867C9F #A7A0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#685E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#685E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E80

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E80	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58637F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64636A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.054 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938ba5',
    500: '#685e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e80;
$custom-light: #938ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 15.315,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50452,
    "c": 0.05443,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E80

secondary

#A1A792

accent

#B870A3

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0C0F

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E80

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

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