#686A96#686A96

#686A96 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.069 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A96
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 150)
HSL	hsl(237, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(237, 31%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 9.86, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 26.13, 292.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.0141 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.069 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3665, 15.4527, 30.9686)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A96 #969468

analogous

#688196 #686A96 #7D6896

triadic

#686A96 #96686A #6A9668

tetradic

#686A96 #966881 #969468 #68967D

square

#686A96 #966881 #969468 #68967D

split-complementary

#686A96 #967D68 #819668

monochromatic

#36374E #4F5072 #686A96 #8C8DAF #B0B1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#686A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#686A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A96

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A96	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.069 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9494b5',
    500: '#686a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a96;
$custom-light: #9494b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 18.11,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54031,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A96

secondary

#B7B6A2

accent

#B76DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A96

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

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