#685E6A#685E6A

#685E6A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.022 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E6A
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 106)
HSL	hsl(290, 6%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 11%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 6.45, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 8.38, 320.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.0174 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.023 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3128, 11.9892, 15.2984)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E6A #606A5E

analogous

#625E6A #685E6A #6A5E66

triadic

#685E6A #6A685E #5E6A68

tetradic

#685E6A #6A625E #606A5E #5E666A

square

#685E6A #6A625E #606A5E #5E666A

split-complementary

#685E6A #666A5E #5E6A62

monochromatic

#282429 #48414A #685E6A #887B8A #A59CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#685E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#685E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E6A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E6A	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D606B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F626A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.022 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b94',
    500: '#685e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e6a;
$custom-light: #938b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 6,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49554,
    "c": 0.0225,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E6A

secondary

#8F968D

accent

#AF7982

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1F0F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0C0D

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E6A

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

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