#686459#686459

#686459 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.018 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686459
RGB	rgb(104, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 8%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 14%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 14.4%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, -0.53, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 6.83, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% -0.0001 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.018 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0691, 12.7788, 11.2800)
Luminance	0.1278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686459 #595D68

analogous

#685C59 #686459 #646859

triadic

#686459 #596864 #645968

tetradic

#686459 #59685C #595D68 #685964

square

#686459 #59685C #595D68 #685964

split-complementary

#686459 #596468 #5C5968

monochromatic

#262521 #47443D #686459 #898475 #A5A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#686459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#686459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686459

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686459	1.00	5.91	3.56	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.018 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939087',
    500: '#686459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686459;
$custom-light: #939087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 7.772,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50352,
    "c": 0.0177,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686459

secondary

#888C95

accent

#86B177

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0C0B

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686459

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

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