#685A5E#685A5E

#685A5E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.019 H 358.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A5E
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(343, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(343, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 6.44, -0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 6.44, 358.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.0192 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.019 358.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3853, 11.0638, 12.1233)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A5E #5A6864

analogous

#685A65 #685A5E #685D5A

triadic

#685A5E #5E685A #5A5E68

tetradic

#685A5E #65685A #5A6864 #5D5A68

square

#685A5E #65685A #5A6864 #5D5A68

split-complementary

#685A5E #5A685D #5A6568

monochromatic

#262123 #473E40 #685A5E #89767C #A5979B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#685A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A5E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A5E	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.019 358.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93888b',
    500: '#685a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a5e;
$custom-light: #93888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48251,
    "c": 0.01917,
    "h": 358.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A5E

secondary

#899591

accent

#B0A078

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0C

muted

#7E7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A5E

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

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