#686C80#686C80

#686C80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.032 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C80
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 128)
HSL	hsl(230, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 3.01, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 11.95, 284.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.0035 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.032 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9668, 15.2264, 22.5684)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C80 #807C68

analogous

#687880 #686C80 #706880

triadic

#686C80 #80686C #6C8068

tetradic

#686C80 #806878 #807C68 #688070

square

#686C80 #806878 #807C68 #688070

split-complementary

#686C80 #807068 #788068

monochromatic

#31333C #4D505E #686C80 #878B9E #A9ACB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#686C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#686C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C80

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C80	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#637073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.032 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396a4',
    500: '#686c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c80;
$custom-light: #9396a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53506,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C80

secondary

#A9A69B

accent

#A975B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C80

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

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