#685F7C#685F7C

#685F7C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.047 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685F7C
RGB	rgb(104, 95, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 13%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 9.93, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 17.94, 303.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.0225 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.047 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4385, 12.5827, 20.7856)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685F7C #737C5F

analogous

#5F647C #685F7C #765F7C

triadic

#685F7C #7C685F #5F7C68

tetradic

#685F7C #7C5F64 #737C5F #5F7C76

square

#685F7C #7C5F64 #737C5F #5F7C76

split-complementary

#685F7C #7C765F #647C5F

monochromatic

#2E2A37 #4B4459 #685F7C #867D9B #A6A0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#685F7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#685F7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685F7C

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685F7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685F7C	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59637D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A637B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685f7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 95, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.047 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938ca2',
    500: '#685f7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685f7c;
$custom-light: #938ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685f7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 13.242,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50489,
    "c": 0.04659,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685F7C

secondary

#9FA592

accent

#B672A1

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0C0F

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685F7C

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

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