#686A5C#686A5C

#686A5C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.022 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A5C
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 92)
HSL	hsl(69, 7%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 13%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, -3.52, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 8.38, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% -0.0087 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.022 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7945, 14.0239, 12.1560)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A5C #5E5C6A

analogous

#6A655C #686A5C #616A5C

triadic

#686A5C #5C686A #6A5C68

tetradic

#686A5C #5C6A65 #5E5C6A #6A5C61

square

#686A5C #5C6A65 #5E5C6A #6A5C61

split-complementary

#686A5C #5C616A #655C6A

monochromatic

#282823 #484940 #686A5C #888A79 #A5A799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#686A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#686A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A5C

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A5C	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C685B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.022 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93948a',
    500: '#686a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a5c;
$custom-light: #93948a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 7.071,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51827,
    "c": 0.02155,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A5C

secondary

#8D8B96

accent

#78B080

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A5C

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

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