#686D8A#686D8A

#686D8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.046 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D8A
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(231, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(231, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 4.89, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 17.24, 286.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.0057 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.046 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7638, 15.7150, 26.2426)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D8A #8A8568

analogous

#687E8A #686D8A #74688A

triadic

#686D8A #8A686D #6D8A68

tetradic

#686D8A #8A687E #8A8568 #688A74

square

#686D8A #8A687E #8A8568 #688A74

split-complementary

#686D8A #8A7468 #7E8A68

monochromatic

#333644 #4E5167 #686D8A #898DA6 #ACAFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#686D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#686D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D8A

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D8A	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.046 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9396ac',
    500: '#686d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d8a;
$custom-light: #9396ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.176,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54141,
    "c": 0.04569,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D8A

secondary

#B0AD9E

accent

#AD71B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D8A

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

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