#686EC6#686EC6

#686EC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.134 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EC6
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 198)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(236, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 21.33, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 51.40, 294.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.0194 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.134 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4748, 18.1710, 55.7909)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EC6 #C6C068

analogous

#689DC6 #686EC6 #9168C6

triadic

#686EC6 #C6686E #6EC668

tetradic

#686EC6 #C6689D #C6C068 #68C691

square

#686EC6 #C6689D #C6C068 #68C691

split-complementary

#686EC6 #C69168 #9DC668

monochromatic

#313682 #4249AF #686EC6 #9499D7 #C1C3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#686EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#686EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #686EC6

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##686EC6	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4373C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.134 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9897d8',
    500: '#686ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ec6;
$custom-light: #9897d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57459,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EC6

secondary

#D7D5B3

accent

#CD53D5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FA

border

#CCCCD3

text

#0E0D14

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EC6

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

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