#686BA8#686BA8

#686BA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.094 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686BA8
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 168)
HSL	hsl(237, 27%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(237, 38%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 14.26, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 36.04, 293.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.0175 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.094 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0325, 16.2849, 39.2314)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686BA8 #A8A568

analogous

#688BA8 #686BA8 #8568A8

triadic

#686BA8 #A8686B #6BA868

tetradic

#686BA8 #A8688B #A8A568 #68A885

square

#686BA8 #A8688B #A8A568 #68A885

split-complementary

#686BA8 #A88568 #8BA868

monochromatic

#37395F #4D5086 #686BA8 #8F91BE #B6B7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#686BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#686BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686BA8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686BA8	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)

#5773AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#567781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.094 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9595c2',
    500: '#686ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ba8;
$custom-light: #9595c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.188,
    "s": 26.891,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55148,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686BA8

secondary

#C4C2A8

accent

#BF65C3

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686BA8

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

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