#686EA5#686EA5

#686EA5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.086 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EA5
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(234, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(234, 37%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 11.57, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 32.42, 290.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.0126 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.086 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0744, 16.8109, 37.8825)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EA5 #A59F68

analogous

#688DA5 #686EA5 #8068A5

triadic

#686EA5 #A5686E #6EA568

tetradic

#686EA5 #A5688D #A59F68 #68A580

square

#686EA5 #A5688D #A59F68 #68A580

split-complementary

#686EA5 #A58068 #8DA568

monochromatic

#373A5C #4E5382 #686EA5 #8E93BC #B5B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#686EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#686EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686EA5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686EA5	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C74A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5970A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#577982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.086 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9597c0',
    500: '#686ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ea5;
$custom-light: #9597c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.098,
    "s": 25.311,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55621,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EA5

secondary

#C2BFA7

accent

#B966C2

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EA5

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

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