#686C86#686C86

#686C86 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.041 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C86
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 134)
HSL	hsl(232, 13%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(232, 22%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 4.48, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 15.48, 286.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.0058 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.041 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3735, 15.3891, 24.7101)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C86 #868268

analogous

#687B86 #686C86 #736886

triadic

#686C86 #86686C #6C8668

tetradic

#686C86 #86687B #868268 #688673

square

#686C86 #86687B #868268 #688673

split-complementary

#686C86 #867368 #7B8668

monochromatic

#333441 #4D5064 #686C86 #888CA3 #ABADBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#686C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#686C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C86

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C86	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#617175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.041 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396a9',
    500: '#686c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c86;
$custom-light: #9396a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 12.605,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53751,
    "c": 0.04092,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C86

secondary

#ADAB9D

accent

#AD72B5

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C86

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

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