#686AA9#686AA9

#686AA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.097 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686AA9
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 169)
HSL	hsl(238, 27%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(238, 38%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 15.16, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 37.26, 294.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.0191 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.097 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0223, 16.1150, 39.6894)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686AA9 #A9A768

analogous

#688AA9 #686AA9 #8668A9

triadic

#686AA9 #A9686A #6AA968

tetradic

#686AA9 #A9688A #A9A768 #68A986

square

#686AA9 #A9688A #A9A768 #68A986

split-complementary

#686AA9 #A98668 #8AA968

monochromatic

#373860 #4D4F87 #686AA9 #8F90BF #B6B7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#686AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#686AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686AA9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686AA9	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5572AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#557681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.097 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9694c3',
    500: '#686aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686aa9;
$custom-light: #9694c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.154,
    "s": 27.426,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54994,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686AA9

secondary

#C4C3A8

accent

#C164C4

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686AA9

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

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