#686CA1#686CA1

#686CA1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.082 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686CA1
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 161)
HSL	hsl(236, 23%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 11.67, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 31.33, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.0143 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.082 280)
XYZ	xyz(17.5027, 16.2408, 35.9239)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686CA1 #A19D68

analogous

#6889A1 #686CA1 #8168A1

triadic

#686CA1 #A1686C #6CA168

tetradic

#686CA1 #A16889 #A19D68 #68A181

square

#686CA1 #A16889 #A19D68 #68A181

split-complementary

#686CA1 #A18168 #89A168

monochromatic

#373958 #4E527E #686CA1 #8E91B8 #B3B5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#686CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#686CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686CA1

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686CA1	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C72A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58767F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.082 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9596bd',
    500: '#686ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ca1;
$custom-light: #9596bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.789,
    "s": 23.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54996,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.16241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686CA1

secondary

#BFBDA6

accent

#BA68C0

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F6

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686CA1

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

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