#686AE1#686AE1

#686AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.177 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686AE1
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(239, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(239, 54%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 32.14, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 69.07, 297.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0267 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.177 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4493, 18.6858, 73.5379)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686AE1 #E1DF68

analogous

#68A7E1 #686AE1 #A268E1

triadic

#686AE1 #E1686A #6AE168

tetradic

#686AE1 #E168A7 #E1DF68 #68E1A2

square

#686AE1 #E168A7 #E1DF68 #68E1A2

split-complementary

#686AE1 #E1A268 #A7E168

monochromatic

#2225AC #3538D7 #686AE1 #9B9CEB #CECFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#686AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#686AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #686AE1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##686AE1	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B73DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F859B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.177 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c94eb',
    500: '#686ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ae1;
$custom-light: #9c94eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.008,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58445,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686AE1

secondary

#E7E7BE

accent

#CC17CF

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F1FD

border

#CECBD5

text

#0F0D16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #686AE1

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

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