#686EA3#686EA3

#686EA3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.083 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EA3
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 163)
HSL	hsl(234, 24%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(234, 36%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 11.01, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 31.26, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.012 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.083 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8938, 16.7386, 36.9313)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EA3 #A39D68

analogous

#688CA3 #686EA3 #7F68A3

triadic

#686EA3 #A3686E #6EA368

tetradic

#686EA3 #A3688C #A39D68 #68A37F

square

#686EA3 #A3688C #A39D68 #68A37F

split-complementary

#686EA3 #A37F68 #8CA368

monochromatic

#373A5A #4E5380 #686EA3 #8E93BA #B4B7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#686EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#686EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686EA3

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686EA3	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D74A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A70A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#577881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.083 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9597be',
    500: '#686ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ea3;
$custom-light: #9597be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.898,
    "s": 24.28,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5552,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EA3

secondary

#C0BEA7

accent

#B867C1

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EA3

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

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