#685E91#685E91

#685E91 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.080 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E91
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 145)
HSL	hsl(252, 21%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 15.88, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 31.03, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0304 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.08 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8212, 12.9926, 28.5095)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E91 #87915E

analogous

#5E6E91 #685E91 #825E91

triadic

#685E91 #91685E #5E9168

tetradic

#685E91 #915E6E #87915E #5E9182

square

#685E91 #915E6E #87915E #5E9182

split-complementary

#685E91 #91825E #6E915E

monochromatic

#332E47 #4D466C #685E91 #8880AC #ABA5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#685E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#685E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E91

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E91	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#506693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.080 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948bb1',
    500: '#685e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e91;
$custom-light: #948bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.765,
    "s": 21.339,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51266,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E91

secondary

#AEB398

accent

#BE6AAD

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F5

border

#CBCBCF

text

#0D0C10

muted

#7E7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E91

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

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