#686CA3#686CA3

#686CA3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.085 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686CA3
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 163)
HSL	hsl(236, 24%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(236, 36%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 12.23, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 32.50, 292.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.0148 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.085 280)
XYZ	xyz(17.6805, 16.3119, 36.8602)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686CA3 #A39F68

analogous

#688AA3 #686CA3 #8168A3

triadic

#686CA3 #A3686C #6CA368

tetradic

#686CA3 #A3688A #A39F68 #68A381

square

#686CA3 #A3688A #A39F68 #68A381

split-complementary

#686CA3 #A38168 #8AA368

monochromatic

#37395A #4E5180 #686CA3 #8E91BA #B4B6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#686CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#686CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686CA3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686CA3	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B73A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#587680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.085 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9596be',
    500: '#686ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ca3;
$custom-light: #9596be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 24.28,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55097,
    "c": 0.08539,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.16313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686CA3

secondary

#C0BFA7

accent

#BB67C1

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686CA3

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

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