#686EC8#686EC8

#686EC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.137 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686EC8
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(236, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(236, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 21.94, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 52.53, 294.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.0198 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.137 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7070, 18.2639, 57.0139)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686EC8 #C8C268

analogous

#689EC8 #686EC8 #9268C8

triadic

#686EC8 #C8686E #6EC868

tetradic

#686EC8 #C8689E #C8C268 #68C892

square

#686EC8 #C8689E #C8C268 #68C892

split-complementary

#686EC8 #C89268 #9EC868

monochromatic

#303685 #4148B2 #686EC8 #9599D8 #C2C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#686EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#686EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #686EC8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##686EC8	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4173C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.137 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9997d9',
    500: '#686ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686ec8;
$custom-light: #9997d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5758,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686EC8

secondary

#D9D6B3

accent

#CE52D6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F2F2FA

border

#CCCCD3

text

#0E0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #686EC8

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

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