#685151#685151

#685151 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.031 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685151
RGB	rgb(104, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 12%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 22%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 22.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 9.59, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 10.27, 20.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.0293 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.031 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1366, 9.4224, 9.0677)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685151 #516868

analogous

#68515D #685151 #685D51

triadic

#685151 #516851 #515168

tetradic

#685151 #5D6851 #516868 #5D5168

square

#685151 #5D6851 #516868 #5D5168

split-complementary

#685151 #51685D #515D68

monochromatic

#231B1B #463636 #685151 #8A6C6C #A68D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#685151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#685151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685151

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685151	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.031 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938281',
    500: '#685151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685151;
$custom-light: #938281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45869,
    "c": 0.03089,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685151

secondary

#809595

accent

#B5B572

background

#F9F7F7

surface

#F1EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0D0A0A

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685151

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

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