#686A7E#686A7E

#686A7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.031 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A7E
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 3.73, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 11.93, 288.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.0059 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.031 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6280, 14.7573, 21.8124)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A7E #7E7C68

analogous

#68757E #686A7E #71687E

triadic

#686A7E #7E686A #6A7E68

tetradic

#686A7E #7E6875 #7E7C68 #687E71

square

#686A7E #7E6875 #7E7C68 #687E71

split-complementary

#686A7E #7E7168 #757E68

monochromatic

#31323B #4C4E5C #686A7E #87899C #A9AAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#686A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#686A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A7E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A7E	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.031 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394a3',
    500: '#686a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a7e;
$custom-light: #9394a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 9.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5298,
    "c": 0.03134,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A7E

secondary

#A7A69B

accent

#AD75B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A7E

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

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