#686DBE#686DBE

#686DBE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.124 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686DBE
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 190)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(237, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 19.51, -43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 47.47, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.0194 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.124 279)
XYZ	xyz(20.4690, 17.5970, 51.0232)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686DBE #BEB968

analogous

#6898BE #686DBE #8E68BE

triadic

#686DBE #BE686D #6DBE68

tetradic

#686DBE #BE6898 #BEB968 #68BE8E

square

#686DBE #BE6898 #BEB968 #68BE8E

split-complementary

#686DBE #BE8E68 #98BE68

monochromatic

#343878 #464BA3 #686DBE #9396D0 #BEC0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#686DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#686DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686DBE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686DBE	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E78C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4871BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.124 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9796d2',
    500: '#686dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686dbe;
$custom-light: #9796d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.512,
    "s": 39.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.17598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686DBE

secondary

#D2D0B0

accent

#C958D0

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F9

border

#CCCCD2

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #686DBE

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

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