#685A56#685A56

#685A56 is a mid, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.019 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A56
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(13, 9%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(13, 17%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 17.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 4.95, 4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 6.62, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.0156 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.019 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0448, 10.9276, 10.3297)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A56 #566468

analogous

#68565B #685A56 #686356

triadic

#685A56 #56685A #5A5668

tetradic

#685A56 #5B6856 #566468 #635668

square

#685A56 #5B6856 #566468 #635668

split-complementary

#685A56 #566863 #565B68

monochromatic

#25201F #473D3A #685A56 #897772 #A69793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#685A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#685A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A56

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A56	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.019 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938885',
    500: '#685a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a56;
$custom-light: #938885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 9.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47997,
    "c": 0.01945,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A56

secondary

#859194

accent

#A5B275

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1EFEF

border

#CBCACA

text

#0D0B0B

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A56

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

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