#685E5C#685E5C

#685E5C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.013 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E5C
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 92)
HSL	hsl(10, 6%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(10, 12%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 11.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 3.62, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 4.46, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.0114 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.013 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6432, 11.7214, 11.7722)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E5C #5C6668

analogous

#685C60 #685E5C #68645C

triadic

#685E5C #5C685E #5E5C68

tetradic

#685E5C #60685C #5C6668 #645C68

square

#685E5C #60685C #5C6668 #645C68

split-complementary

#685E5C #5C6864 #5C6068

monochromatic

#272323 #48413F #685E5C #887B79 #A59B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#685E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#685E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E5C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E5C	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62615C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.013 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b8a',
    500: '#685e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e5c;
$custom-light: #938b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49077,
    "c": 0.01334,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E5C

secondary

#8B9395

accent

#A6AF79

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0C0B

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E5C

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

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