#685A66#685A66

#685A66 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.026 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A66
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 102)
HSL	hsl(309, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(309, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 1.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.94, 8.05, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.94, 9.36, 329.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.0225 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.026 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7631, 11.2149, 14.1128)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A66 #5A685C

analogous

#635A68 #685A66 #685A5F

triadic

#685A66 #66685A #5A6668

tetradic

#685A66 #68635A #5A685C #5A5F68

square

#685A66 #68635A #5A685C #5A5F68

split-complementary

#685A66 #5F685A #5A6863

monochromatic

#262126 #473E46 #685A66 #897686 #A597A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#685A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#685A66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A66

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A66	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5D67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.026 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938891',
    500: '#685a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a66;
$custom-light: #938891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48531,
    "c": 0.02583,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A66

secondary

#89958B

accent

#B08078

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0C

muted

#7E7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A66

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

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