#686F8A#686F8A

#686F8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.043 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686F8A
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(228, 14%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(228, 25%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 3.69, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 16.10, 283.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.0027 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.043 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9796, 16.1465, 26.3145)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686F8A #8A8368

analogous

#68808A #686F8A #72688A

triadic

#686F8A #8A686F #6F8A68

tetradic

#686F8A #8A6880 #8A8368 #688A72

square

#686F8A #8A6880 #8A8368 #688A72

split-complementary

#686F8A #8A7268 #808A68

monochromatic

#333744 #4E5367 #686F8A #898FA6 #ACB0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#686F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#686F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686F8A

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686F8A	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67718B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.043 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9398ac',
    500: '#686f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686f8a;
$custom-light: #9398ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 14.05,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54584,
    "c": 0.043,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686F8A

secondary

#B0AC9E

accent

#A871B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #686F8A

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

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