#68697E#68697E

#68697E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.033 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68697E
RGB	rgb(104, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(237, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 4.33, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 12.54, 290.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.0074 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.033 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5255, 14.5524, 21.7782)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68697E #7E7D68

analogous

#68747E #68697E #72687E

triadic

#68697E #7E6869 #697E68

tetradic

#68697E #7E6874 #7E7D68 #687E72

square

#68697E #7E6874 #7E7D68 #687E72

split-complementary

#68697E #7E7268 #747E68

monochromatic

#31313B #4C4D5C #68697E #87889C #A9A9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#68697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#68697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68697E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68697E	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#636C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.033 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9393a3',
    500: '#68697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68697e;
$custom-light: #9393a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 9.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52758,
    "c": 0.03283,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68697E

secondary

#A7A79B

accent

#B075B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F3

border

#CBCBCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #68697E

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

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