#686CAA#686CAA

#686CAA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.096 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686CAA
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 170)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(236, 39%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 14.22, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 36.57, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.0166 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.096 280)
XYZ	xyz(18.3251, 16.5697, 40.2552)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686CAA #AAA668

analogous

#688DAA #686CAA #8568AA

triadic

#686CAA #AA686C #6CAA68

tetradic

#686CAA #AA688D #AAA668 #68AA85

square

#686CAA #AA688D #AAA668 #68AA85

split-complementary

#686CAA #AA8568 #8DAA68

monochromatic

#373961 #4D5088 #686CAA #8F92C0 #B6B8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#686CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#686CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686CAA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686CAA	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5874AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#557883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.096 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9696c3',
    500: '#686caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686caa;
$custom-light: #9696c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 27.966,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55462,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.1657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686CAA

secondary

#C5C3A9

accent

#BE64C4

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686CAA

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

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