#686E80#686E80

#686E80 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.029 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E80
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 128)
HSL	hsl(225, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(225, 19%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 1.81, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 10.85, 279.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.0004 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.029 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1802, 15.6532, 22.6395)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E80 #807A68

analogous

#687A80 #686E80 #6E6880

triadic

#686E80 #80686E #6E8068

tetradic

#686E80 #80687A #807A68 #68806E

square

#686E80 #80687A #807A68 #68806E

split-complementary

#686E80 #806E68 #7A8068

monochromatic

#31343C #4D515E #686E80 #878D9E #A9ADB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#686E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#686E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E80

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E80	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#627174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.029 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397a4',
    500: '#686e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e80;
$custom-light: #9397a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53955,
    "c": 0.02906,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E80

secondary

#A9A59B

accent

#A475B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E80

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

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