#686EA4#686EA4

#686EA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.084 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EA4
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(234, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(234, 37%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 11.29, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 31.84, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.0123 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.084 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9838, 16.7746, 37.4050)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EA4 #A49E68

analogous

#688CA4 #686EA4 #8068A4

triadic

#686EA4 #A4686E #6EA468

tetradic

#686EA4 #A4688C #A49E68 #68A480

square

#686EA4 #A4688C #A49E68 #68A480

split-complementary

#686EA4 #A48068 #8CA468

monochromatic

#373A5B #4E5381 #686EA4 #8E93BB #B4B7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#686EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#686EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686EA4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686EA4	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D74A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5970A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#577881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.084 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9597bf',
    500: '#686ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ea4;
$custom-light: #9597bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 24.793,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5557,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EA4

secondary

#C1BEA7

accent

#B867C1

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EA4

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

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