#686AA5#686AA5

#686AA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.091 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686AA5
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 165)
HSL	hsl(238, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(238, 37%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 35.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 14.02, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 34.93, 293.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.0181 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.091 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6526, 15.9671, 37.7419)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686AA5 #A5A368

analogous

#6888A5 #686AA5 #8468A5

triadic

#686AA5 #A5686A #6AA568

tetradic

#686AA5 #A56888 #A5A368 #68A584

square

#686AA5 #A56888 #A5A368 #68A584

split-complementary

#686AA5 #A58468 #88A568

monochromatic

#37385C #4E4F82 #686AA5 #8E90BC #B5B6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#686AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#686AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686AA5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686AA5	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5771A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#577580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.091 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9594c0',
    500: '#686aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686aa5;
$custom-light: #9594c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54782,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686AA5

secondary

#C2C1A7

accent

#BF66C2

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686AA5

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

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