#686E86#686E86

#686E86 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.038 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E86
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 134)
HSL	hsl(228, 13%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(228, 22%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 3.28, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 14.33, 283.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.0027 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.038 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5868, 15.8158, 24.7812)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E86 #868068

analogous

#687D86 #686E86 #716886

triadic

#686E86 #86686E #6E8668

tetradic

#686E86 #86687D #868068 #688671

square

#686E86 #86687D #868068 #688671

split-complementary

#686E86 #867168 #7D8668

monochromatic

#333541 #4D5264 #686E86 #888EA3 #ABAFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#686E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#686E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E86

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E86	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#617276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.038 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397a9',
    500: '#686e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e86;
$custom-light: #9397a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 12.605,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54195,
    "c": 0.0382,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E86

secondary

#ADAA9D

accent

#A872B5

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E86

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

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