#686E88#686E88

#686E88 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.041 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E88
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(229, 13%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(229, 24%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 3.79, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 15.50, 284.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.0034 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.041 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7277, 15.8721, 25.5228)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E88 #888268

analogous

#687E88 #686E88 #726888

triadic

#686E88 #88686E #6E8868

tetradic

#686E88 #88687E #888268 #688872

square

#686E88 #88687E #888268 #688872

split-complementary

#686E88 #887268 #7E8868

monochromatic

#333643 #4D5265 #686E88 #898EA5 #ABAFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#686E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#686E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E88

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E88	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.041 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397aa',
    500: '#686e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e88;
$custom-light: #9397aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54278,
    "c": 0.04126,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E88

secondary

#AEAB9E

accent

#A972B6

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E88

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

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