#685E8A#685E8A

#685E8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.070 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E8A
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, 14.04, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 26.90, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0285 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.07 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2980, 12.7833, 25.7540)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E8A #808A5E

analogous

#5E6A8A #685E8A #7E5E8A

triadic

#685E8A #8A685E #5E8A68

tetradic

#685E8A #8A5E6A #808A5E #5E8A7E

square

#685E8A #8A5E6A #808A5E #5E8A7E

split-complementary

#685E8A #8A7E5E #6A8A5E

monochromatic

#312C41 #4D4566 #685E8A #877EA7 #A9A2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#685E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#685E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E8A

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E8A	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53658C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61656E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.070 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948bac',
    500: '#685e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e8a;
$custom-light: #948bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50918,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E8A

secondary

#A9AE96

accent

#BC6CAA

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0C10

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E8A

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

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