#686E8A#686E8A

#686E8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.044 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E8A
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(229, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(229, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 4.29, -16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 16.67, 284.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.0042 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.044 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8711, 15.9295, 26.2783)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E8A #8A8468

analogous

#687F8A #686E8A #73688A

triadic

#686E8A #8A686E #6E8A68

tetradic

#686E8A #8A687F #8A8468 #688A73

square

#686E8A #8A687F #8A8468 #688A73

split-complementary

#686E8A #8A7368 #7F8A68

monochromatic

#333644 #4E5267 #686E8A #898EA6 #ACB0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#686E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#686E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E8A

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E8A	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66718B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.044 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9397ac',
    500: '#686e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e8a;
$custom-light: #9397ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54362,
    "c": 0.04433,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E8A

secondary

#B0AD9E

accent

#AB71B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E8A

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

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