#686EA6#686EA6

#686EA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.087 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EA6
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(234, 26%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(234, 37%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 33.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 11.86, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 33.00, 291.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.0128 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.087 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1658, 16.8474, 38.3637)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EA6 #A6A068

analogous

#688DA6 #686EA6 #8168A6

triadic

#686EA6 #A6686E #6EA668

tetradic

#686EA6 #A6688D #A6A068 #68A681

square

#686EA6 #A6688D #A6A068 #68A681

split-complementary

#686EA6 #A68168 #8DA668

monochromatic

#373A5D #4D5383 #686EA6 #8F93BD #B5B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#686EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#686EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686EA6

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686EA6	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C75A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5870A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#567982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.087 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9597c0',
    500: '#686ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ea6;
$custom-light: #9597c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55672,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EA6

secondary

#C2C0A7

accent

#B966C2

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EA6

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

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