#686AA3#686AA3

#686AA3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.088 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686AA3
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 163)
HSL	hsl(238, 24%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 35%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 13.45, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 33.76, 293.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.0176 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.088 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4720, 15.8949, 36.7907)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686AA3 #A3A168

analogous

#6888A3 #686AA3 #8468A3

triadic

#686AA3 #A3686A #6AA368

tetradic

#686AA3 #A36888 #A3A168 #68A384

square

#686AA3 #A36888 #A3A168 #68A384

split-complementary

#686AA3 #A38468 #88A368

monochromatic

#37385A #4E5080 #686AA3 #8E90BA #B4B5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#686AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#686AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686AA3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686AA3	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5871A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58757F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.088 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9594be',
    500: '#686aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686aa3;
$custom-light: #9594be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.966,
    "s": 24.28,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54678,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686AA3

secondary

#C0BFA7

accent

#BE67C1

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686AA3

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

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