#685C66#685C66

#685C66 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.022 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C66
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 102)
HSL	hsl(310, 6%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(310, 12%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 6.83, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 7.88, 330.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.0191 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.022 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9340, 11.5568, 14.1698)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C66 #5C685E

analogous

#645C68 #685C66 #685C60

triadic

#685C66 #66685C #5C6668

tetradic

#685C66 #68645C #5C685E #5C6068

square

#685C66 #68645C #5C685E #5C6068

split-complementary

#685C66 #60685C #5C6864

monochromatic

#272326 #483F46 #685C66 #887986 #A599A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#685C66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#685C66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C66

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C66	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5F66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.022 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938a91',
    500: '#685c66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c66;
$custom-light: #938a91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48969,
    "c": 0.02178,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C66

secondary

#8B958D

accent

#AF8279

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0B0C

muted

#7E7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C66

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

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