#685B68#685B68

#685B68 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.026 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B68
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 104)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 7.86, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 9.58, 325.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.0216 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.026 326)
XYZ	xyz(11.9484, 11.4249, 14.6698)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B68 #5B685B

analogous

#615B68 #685B68 #685B61

triadic

#685B68 #68685B #5B6868

tetradic

#685B68 #68615B #5B685B #5B6168

square

#685B68 #68615B #5B685B #5B6168

split-complementary

#685B68 #61685B #5B6861

monochromatic

#272227 #473E47 #685B68 #897889 #A598A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#685B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#685B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B68

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B68	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.026 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938993',
    500: '#685b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b68;
$custom-light: #938993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48823,
    "c": 0.0261,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.11425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B68

secondary

#8A958A

accent

#B07878

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B68

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

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