#5E686C#5E686C

#5E686C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.014 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E686C
RGB	rgb(94, 104, 108)
HSL	hsl(197, 7%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(197, 13%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, -2.91, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 4.59, 230.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% -0.01 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.014 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.2725, 13.3628, 16.1171)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E686C #6C625E

analogous

#5E6C69 #5E686C #5E616C

triadic

#5E686C #6C5E68 #686C5E

tetradic

#5E686C #695E6C #6C625E #616C5E

square

#5E686C #695E6C #6C625E #616C5E

split-complementary

#5E686C #6C5E61 #6C695E

monochromatic

#25292B #42484B #5E686C #7B878C #9CA5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#5E686C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#5E686C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E686C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E686C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E686C	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63666C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e686c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 104, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.014 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9396',
    500: '#5e686c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e686c;
$custom-light: #8b9396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e686c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 6.931,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51013,
    "c": 0.01383,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E686C

secondary

#98918E

accent

#8878B0

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E686C

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

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