#685C5A#685C5A

#685C5A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.016 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C5A
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 90)
HSL	hsl(9, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(9, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 13.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 4.46, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 5.33, 33.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.014 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.016 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.3814, 11.3358, 11.2593)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C5A #5A6668

analogous

#685A5F #685C5A #68635A

triadic

#685C5A #5A685C #5C5A68

tetradic

#685C5A #5F685A #5A6668 #635A68

square

#685C5A #5F685A #5A6668 #635A68

split-complementary

#685C5A #5A6863 #5A5F68

monochromatic

#262221 #473F3E #685C5A #897976 #A59997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#685C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#685C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C5A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C5A	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.016 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a88',
    500: '#685c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c5a;
$custom-light: #938a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48566,
    "c": 0.01596,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C5A

secondary

#899395

accent

#A8B078

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0B0B

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C5A

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

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