#68686F#68686F

#68686F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.011 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68686F
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 111)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 1.49, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 4.19, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.003 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.011 286)
XYZ	xyz(13.5279, 13.9913, 17.0237)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68686F #6F6F68

analogous

#686C6F #68686F #6C686F

triadic

#68686F #6F6868 #686F68

tetradic

#68686F #6F686C #6F6F68 #686F6C

square

#68686F #6F686C #6F6F68 #686F6C

split-complementary

#68686F #6F6C68 #6C6F68

monochromatic

#2D2D30 #4A4A4F #68686F #86868E #A6A6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#68686F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#68686F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68686F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68686F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68686F	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66696F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66686F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68686f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.011 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939398',
    500: '#68686f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68686f;
$custom-light: #939398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68686f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.256,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51968,
    "c": 0.01089,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.13991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68686F

secondary

#9C9C97

accent

#AC7BAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68686F

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

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