#686E82#686E82

#686E82 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.032 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E82
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 130)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 15.4%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 2.30, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 12.01, 281.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.0012 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.032 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3131, 15.7063, 23.3396)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E82 #827C68

analogous

#687B82 #686E82 #6F6882

triadic

#686E82 #82686E #6E8268

tetradic

#686E82 #82687B #827C68 #68826F

square

#686E82 #82687B #827C68 #68826F

split-complementary

#686E82 #826F68 #7B8268

monochromatic

#32343E #4D5160 #686E82 #888DA0 #AAAEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#686E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#686E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E82

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E82	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)

#687083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#627275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.032 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397a6',
    500: '#686e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e82;
$custom-light: #9397a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54034,
    "c": 0.03209,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E82

secondary

#AAA79C

accent

#A574B4

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E82

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

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