#686EA9#686EA9

#686EA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.092 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EA9
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(234, 27%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(234, 38%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 12.72, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 34.74, 291.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.0136 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.092 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4442, 16.9588, 39.8300)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EA9 #A9A368

analogous

#688EA9 #686EA9 #8268A9

triadic

#686EA9 #A9686E #6EA968

tetradic

#686EA9 #A9688E #A9A368 #68A982

square

#686EA9 #A9688E #A9A368 #68A982

split-complementary

#686EA9 #A98268 #8EA968

monochromatic

#373A60 #4D5287 #686EA9 #8F93BF #B6B9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#686EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#686EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686EA9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686EA9	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B75AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5770A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#557984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.092 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9597c3',
    500: '#686ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ea9;
$custom-light: #9597c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.462,
    "s": 27.426,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55827,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EA9

secondary

#C4C2A8

accent

#BB64C4

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EA9

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

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