#686CA4#686CA4

#686CA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.087 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686CA4
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 164)
HSL	hsl(236, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 37%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 12.51, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 33.08, 292.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.0151 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.087 280)
XYZ	xyz(17.7704, 16.3479, 37.3339)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686CA4 #A4A068

analogous

#688AA4 #686CA4 #8268A4

triadic

#686CA4 #A4686C #6CA468

tetradic

#686CA4 #A4688A #A4A068 #68A482

square

#686CA4 #A4688A #A4A068 #68A482

split-complementary

#686CA4 #A48268 #8AA468

monochromatic

#37395B #4E5181 #686CA4 #8E91BB #B4B6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#686CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#686CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686CA4

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686CA4	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#577780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.087 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9596bf',
    500: '#686ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ca4;
$custom-light: #9596bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 24.793,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55148,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.16349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686CA4

secondary

#C1BFA7

accent

#BB67C1

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F7

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686CA4

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

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