#686CB7#686CB7

#686CB7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.115 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686CB7
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 183)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 43%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 41%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 18.03, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 44.08, 294.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.0194 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.115 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6162, 17.0862, 47.0549)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686CB7 #B7B368

analogous

#6894B7 #686CB7 #8C68B7

triadic

#686CB7 #B7686C #6CB768

tetradic

#686CB7 #B76894 #B7B368 #68B78C

square

#686CB7 #B76894 #B7B368 #68B78C

split-complementary

#686CB7 #B78C68 #94B768

monochromatic

#35386F #494D99 #686CB7 #9194CB #BBBDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#686CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#686CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686CB7

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686CB7	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5176BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C70B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F7B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.115 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9796cd',
    500: '#686cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686cb7;
$custom-light: #9796cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.962,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56178,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686CB7

secondary

#CECCAD

accent

#C65CCB

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F9

border

#CCCBD2

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #686CB7

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

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