#616B68#616B68

#616B68 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.013 H 175.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#616B68
RGB	rgb(97, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(162, 5%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(162, 9%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, -4.45, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 4.47, 175.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% -0.013 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.013 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6856, 14.0561, 15.1388)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#616B68 #6B6164

analogous

#616B63 #616B68 #61696B

triadic

#616B68 #68616B #6B6861

tetradic

#616B68 #63616B #6B6164 #696B61

square

#616B68 #63616B #6B6164 #696B61

split-complementary

#616B68 #6B6169 #6B6361

monochromatic

#272B2A #444B49 #616B68 #7F8B87 #9FA8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#616B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#616B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #616B68

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##616B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##616B68	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #616b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.013 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9593',
    500: '#616b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #616b68;
$custom-light: #8e9593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#616b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 4.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51828,
    "c": 0.01306,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#616B68

secondary

#989092

accent

#7A89AE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0D

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #616B68

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

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