#686DBD#686DBD

#686DBD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.122 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686DBD
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(236, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(236, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 19.21, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 46.89, 294.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0192 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.122 279)
XYZ	xyz(20.3601, 17.5535, 50.4496)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686DBD #BDB868

analogous

#6897BD #686DBD #8E68BD

triadic

#686DBD #BD686D #6DBD68

tetradic

#686DBD #BD6897 #BDB868 #68BD8E

square

#686DBD #BD6897 #BDB868 #68BD8E

split-complementary

#686DBD #BD8E68 #97BD68

monochromatic

#343877 #474CA1 #686DBD #9396D0 #BDBFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#686DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#686DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686DBD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686DBD	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F78C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4971BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.122 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9796d1',
    500: '#686dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686dbd;
$custom-light: #9796d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56726,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.17554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686DBD

secondary

#D2D0AF

accent

#C859CF

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F9

border

#CCCCD2

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #686DBD

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

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