#686FA1#686FA1

#686FA1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.078 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686FA1
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 161)
HSL	hsl(233, 23%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(233, 35%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 9.84, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 29.49, 289.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.0101 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.078 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8246, 16.8845, 36.0312)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686FA1 #A19A68

analogous

#688CA1 #686FA1 #7E68A1

triadic

#686FA1 #A1686F #6FA168

tetradic

#686FA1 #A1688C #A19A68 #68A17E

square

#686FA1 #A1688C #A19A68 #68A17E

split-complementary

#686FA1 #A17E68 #8CA168

monochromatic

#373B58 #4E547E #686FA1 #8E93B8 #B3B7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#686FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#686FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686FA1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686FA1	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F74A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C70A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#587981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.078 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9598bd',
    500: '#686fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686fa1;
$custom-light: #9598bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.632,
    "s": 23.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55633,
    "c": 0.07806,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686FA1

secondary

#BFBCA6

accent

#B568C0

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0D0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #686FA1

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

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