#686B8A#686B8A

#686B8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.049 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B8A
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(235, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(235, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 6.10, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 18.44, 289.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.0087 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.049 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5529, 15.2931, 26.1723)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B8A #8A8768

analogous

#687C8A #686B8A #76688A

triadic

#686B8A #8A686B #6B8A68

tetradic

#686B8A #8A687C #8A8768 #688A76

square

#686B8A #8A687C #8A8768 #688A76

split-complementary

#686B8A #8A7668 #7C8A68

monochromatic

#333544 #4E5067 #686B8A #898CA6 #ACAEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#686B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#686B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B8A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B8A	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.049 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9395ac',
    500: '#686b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b8a;
$custom-light: #9395ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.537,
    "c": 0.04854,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B8A

secondary

#B0AE9E

accent

#B171B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B8A

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

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