#686C8D#686C8D

#686C8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.052 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C8D
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(234, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 6.27, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 19.60, 288.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.0082 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.052 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8780, 15.5909, 27.3669)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C8D #8D8968

analogous

#687E8D #686C8D #76688D

triadic

#686C8D #8D686C #6C8D68

tetradic

#686C8D #8D687E #8D8968 #688D76

square

#686C8D #8D687E #8D8968 #688D76

split-complementary

#686C8D #8D7668 #7E8D68

monochromatic

#343647 #4E516A #686C8D #8A8DA8 #ADAFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#686C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#686C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C8D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C8D	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.052 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496ae',
    500: '#686c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c8d;
$custom-light: #9496ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.514,
    "s": 15.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54051,
    "c": 0.05175,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C8D

secondary

#B2B09F

accent

#B070B8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C8D

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

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