#686A80#686A80

#686A80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.034 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A80
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 128)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(235, 19%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 4.21, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 13.12, 288.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.0066 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.034 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7583, 14.8094, 22.4989)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A80 #807E68

analogous

#687680 #686A80 #726880

triadic

#686A80 #80686A #6A8068

tetradic

#686A80 #806876 #807E68 #688072

square

#686A80 #806876 #807E68 #688072

split-complementary

#686A80 #807268 #768068

monochromatic

#31323C #4D4E5E #686A80 #87899E #A9AAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#686A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#686A80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A80

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A80	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.034 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394a4',
    500: '#686a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a80;
$custom-light: #9394a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5306,
    "c": 0.03446,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A80

secondary

#A9A89B

accent

#AE75B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A80

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

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