#685E5E#685E5E

#685E5E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.013 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E5E
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 4.01, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 4.26, 19.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% 0.0123 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.013 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7318, 11.7568, 12.2388)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E5E #5E6868

analogous

#685E63 #685E5E #68635E

triadic

#685E5E #5E685E #5E5E68

tetradic

#685E5E #63685E #5E6868 #635E68

square

#685E5E #63685E #5E6868 #635E68

split-complementary

#685E5E #5E6863 #5E6368

monochromatic

#282424 #484141 #685E5E #887B7B #A59B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#685E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#685E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E5E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E5E	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62615E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.013 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b8b',
    500: '#685e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e5e;
$custom-light: #938b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.051,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49141,
    "c": 0.0129,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E5E

secondary

#8D9595

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0C0C

muted

#7E7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E5E

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

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