#685A5A#685A5A

#685A5A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.018 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A5A
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 90)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 13.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 5.68, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 6.05, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.0174 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.018 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2104, 10.9938, 11.2024)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A5A #5A6868

analogous

#685A61 #685A5A #68615A

triadic

#685A5A #5A685A #5A5A68

tetradic

#685A5A #61685A #5A6868 #615A68

square

#685A5A #61685A #5A6868 #615A68

split-complementary

#685A5A #5A6861 #5A6168

monochromatic

#262121 #473E3E #685A5A #897676 #A59797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#685A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#685A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A5A

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A5A	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B595A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.018 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938888',
    500: '#685a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a5a;
$custom-light: #938888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48121,
    "c": 0.01829,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A5A

secondary

#899595

accent

#B0B078

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1EFEF

border

#CBCACA

text

#0D0B0B

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A5A

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

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