#685E5A#685E5A

#685E5A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.014 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E5A
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(17, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 13.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, 3.25, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 4.96, 49.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.0105 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.014 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5570, 11.6869, 11.3179)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E5A #5A6468

analogous

#685A5D #685E5A #68655A

triadic

#685E5A #5A685E #5E5A68

tetradic

#685E5A #5D685A #5A6468 #655A68

square

#685E5A #5D685A #5A6468 #655A68

split-complementary

#685E5A #5A6865 #5A5D68

monochromatic

#262321 #47403E #685E5A #897C76 #A59B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#685E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#685E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E5A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E5A	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63615A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.014 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b88',
    500: '#685e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e5a;
$custom-light: #938b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49015,
    "c": 0.01443,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E5A

secondary

#899195

accent

#A0B078

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0C0B

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E5A

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

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