#685E84#685E84

#685E84 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.060 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E84
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 132)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, 12.51, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 23.35, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.0268 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.06 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8756, 12.6143, 23.5291)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E84 #7A845E

analogous

#5E6784 #685E84 #7B5E84

triadic

#685E84 #84685E #5E8468

tetradic

#685E84 #845E67 #7A845E #5E847B

square

#685E84 #845E67 #7A845E #5E847B

split-complementary

#685E84 #847B5E #67845E

monochromatic

#302B3D #4C4560 #685E84 #877DA2 #A8A1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#685E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#685E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E84

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E84	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.060 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938ba8',
    500: '#685e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e84;
$custom-light: #938ba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 16.814,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50634,
    "c": 0.06048,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E84

secondary

#A4AA94

accent

#BA6EA6

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0C0F

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E84

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

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