#686AAE#686AAE

#686AAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.105 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686AAE
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 174)
HSL	hsl(238, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(238, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 39.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 16.61, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 40.16, 294.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.0202 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.105 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5007, 16.3064, 42.2088)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686AAE #AEAC68

analogous

#688DAE #686AAE #8968AE

triadic

#686AAE #AE686A #6AAE68

tetradic

#686AAE #AE688D #AEAC68 #68AE89

square

#686AAE #AE688D #AEAC68 #68AE89

split-complementary

#686AAE #AE8968 #8DAE68

monochromatic

#363865 #4C4E8D #686AAE #9091C3 #B8B9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#686AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#686AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686AAE

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686AAE	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5373B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#537784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.105 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9694c6',
    500: '#686aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686aae;
$custom-light: #9694c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55267,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686AAE

secondary

#C8C7AA

accent

#C461C6

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #686AAE

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

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