#686C8A#686C8A

#686C8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.047 H 278.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C8A
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(233, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(233, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 5.49, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 17.84, 287.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.0072 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.047 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6578, 15.5028, 26.2072)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C8A #8A8668

analogous

#687D8A #686C8A #75688A

triadic

#686C8A #8A686C #6C8A68

tetradic

#686C8A #8A687D #8A8668 #688A75

square

#686C8A #8A687D #8A8668 #688A75

split-complementary

#686C8A #8A7568 #7D8A68

monochromatic

#333544 #4E5167 #686C8A #898CA6 #ACAEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#686C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#686C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C8A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C8A	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.047 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396ac',
    500: '#686c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c8a;
$custom-light: #9396ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5392,
    "c": 0.0471,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C8A

secondary

#B0AE9E

accent

#AF71B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C8A

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

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