#686A7C#686A7C

#686A7C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.028 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A7C
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 124)
HSL	hsl(234, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(234, 16%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 3.25, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 10.74, 287.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.0051 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.028 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5002, 14.7062, 21.1395)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A7C #7C7A68

analogous

#68747C #686A7C #70687C

triadic

#686A7C #7C686A #6A7C68

tetradic

#686A7C #7C6874 #7C7A68 #687C70

square

#686A7C #7C6874 #7C7A68 #687C70

split-complementary

#686A7C #7C7068 #747C68

monochromatic

#303139 #4C4E5B #686A7C #87899A #A8AAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#686A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#686A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A7C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A7C	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#646D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.028 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394a2',
    500: '#686a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a7c;
$custom-light: #9394a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52901,
    "c": 0.02822,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A7C

secondary

#A6A59A

accent

#AC76B2

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A7C

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

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