#685C5E#685C5E

#685C5E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.016 H 6.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C5E
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 6%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(350, 12%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 5.22, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 5.26, 6.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.0157 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.016 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5563, 11.4057, 12.1803)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C5E #5C6866

analogous

#685C64 #685C5E #68605C

triadic

#685C5E #5E685C #5C5E68

tetradic

#685C5E #64685C #5C6866 #605C68

square

#685C5E #64685C #5C6866 #605C68

split-complementary

#685C5E #5C6860 #5C6468

monochromatic

#272323 #483F41 #685C5E #88797B #A5999B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#685C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#685C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C5E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C5E	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60605E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.016 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a8b',
    500: '#685c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c5e;
$custom-light: #938a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48694,
    "c": 0.01581,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C5E

secondary

#8B9593

accent

#AFA679

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0B0C

muted

#7E7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C5E

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

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