#685C62#685C62

#685C62 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.018 H 346.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C62
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 98)
HSL	hsl(330, 6%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(330, 12%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 5.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 6.01, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 6.23, 344.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.0174 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.018 346.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7404, 11.4794, 13.1502)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C62 #5C6862

analogous

#685C68 #685C62 #685C5C

triadic

#685C62 #62685C #5C6268

tetradic

#685C62 #68685C #5C6862 #5C5C68

square

#685C62 #68685C #5C6862 #5C5C68

split-complementary

#685C62 #5C685C #5C6868

monochromatic

#272325 #483F43 #685C62 #887981 #A5999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#685C62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#685C62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C62

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C62	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A5C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.018 346.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a8e',
    500: '#685c62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c62;
$custom-light: #938a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48828,
    "c": 0.01797,
    "h": 346.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C62

secondary

#8B9590

accent

#AF9479

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0B0C

muted

#7E7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C62

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

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