#685A62#685A62

#685A62 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.022 H 342.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A62
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 98)
HSL	hsl(326, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(326, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 5.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 7.23, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 7.65, 340.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.0209 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.022 342.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5695, 11.1374, 13.0932)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A62 #5A6860

analogous

#675A68 #685A62 #685A5B

triadic

#685A62 #62685A #5A6268

tetradic

#685A62 #68675A #5A6860 #5A5B68

square

#685A62 #68675A #5A6860 #5A5B68

split-complementary

#685A62 #5B685A #5A6867

monochromatic

#262124 #473E43 #685A62 #897681 #A5979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#685A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#685A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A62

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A62	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A5A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.022 342.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93888e',
    500: '#685a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a62;
$custom-light: #93888e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.714,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48388,
    "c": 0.02186,
    "h": 342.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A62

secondary

#89958E

accent

#B09078

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0C

muted

#7E7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A62

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

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