#686E7E#686E7E

#686E7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.026 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E7E
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(224, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(224, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 1.33, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 9.70, 277.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% -0.0004 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.026 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0498, 15.6010, 21.9530)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E7E #7E7868

analogous

#68797E #686E7E #6D687E

triadic

#686E7E #7E686E #6E7E68

tetradic

#686E7E #7E6879 #7E7868 #687E6D

square

#686E7E #7E6879 #7E7868 #687E6D

split-complementary

#686E7E #7E6D68 #797E68

monochromatic

#31333B #4C515C #686E7E #878D9C #A9ADB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#686E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#686E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E7E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E7E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#637173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.026 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397a3',
    500: '#686e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e7e;
$custom-light: #9397a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 9.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53877,
    "c": 0.02605,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E7E

secondary

#A7A49B

accent

#A275B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E7E

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

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