#686B97#686B97

#686B97 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.069 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B97
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 151)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 9.52, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 26.10, 291.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.0129 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.069 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5510, 15.6923, 31.4290)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B97 #979468

analogous

#688397 #686B97 #7C6897

triadic

#686B97 #97686B #6B9768

tetradic

#686B97 #976883 #979468 #68977C

square

#686B97 #976883 #979468 #68977C

split-complementary

#686B97 #977C68 #839768

monochromatic

#36384F #4F5173 #686B97 #8C8FB0 #B0B2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#686B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#686B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B97

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B97	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.069 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9495b5',
    500: '#686b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b97;
$custom-light: #9495b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 18.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54292,
    "c": 0.06859,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B97

secondary

#B8B7A3

accent

#B66DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F1F1F6

border

#CBCBD0

text

#0D0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B97

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

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