#686E91#686E91

#686E91 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.055 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E91
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 145)
HSL	hsl(231, 16%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(231, 28%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 6.10, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 20.76, 287.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.0066 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.055 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3943, 16.1388, 29.0339)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E91 #918B68

analogous

#688391 #686E91 #776891

triadic

#686E91 #91686E #6E9168

tetradic

#686E91 #916883 #918B68 #689177

square

#686E91 #916883 #918B68 #689177

split-complementary

#686E91 #917768 #839168

monochromatic

#35384A #4E536D #686E91 #8B8FAC #AEB2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#686E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#686E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E91

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E91	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.055 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9497b1',
    500: '#686e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e91;
$custom-light: #9497b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 16.466,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54666,
    "c": 0.05507,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E91

secondary

#B4B1A1

accent

#AE6FB9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F5

border

#CBCCCF

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E91

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

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