#686A8A#686A8A

#686A8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.050 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A8A
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(236, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 6.70, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 19.05, 290.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.0102 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.05 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4492, 15.0858, 26.1377)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A8A #8A8868

analogous

#687B8A #686A8A #77688A

triadic

#686A8A #8A686A #6A8A68

tetradic

#686A8A #8A687B #8A8868 #688A77

square

#686A8A #8A687B #8A8868 #688A77

split-complementary

#686A8A #8A7768 #7B8A68

monochromatic

#333444 #4E4F67 #686A8A #898BA6 #ACADC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#686A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#686A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A8A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A8A	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.050 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9394ac',
    500: '#686a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a8a;
$custom-light: #9394ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53481,
    "c": 0.05002,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A8A

secondary

#B0AF9E

accent

#B371B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A8A

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

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