#686A60#686A60

#686A60 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.016 H 116.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A60
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 96)
HSL	hsl(72, 5%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(72, 9%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 9.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, -2.77, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 6.02, 117.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% -0.0068 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.016 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9740, 14.0957, 13.1013)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A60 #62606A

analogous

#6A6760 #686A60 #636A60

triadic

#686A60 #60686A #6A6068

tetradic

#686A60 #606A67 #62606A #6A6063

square

#686A60 #606A67 #62606A #6A6063

split-complementary

#686A60 #60636A #67606A

monochromatic

#292A26 #484A43 #686A60 #878A7D #A5A79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#686A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#686A60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A60

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A60	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C695F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.016 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93948d',
    500: '#686a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a60;
$custom-light: #93948d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 4.95,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51942,
    "c": 0.01554,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A60

secondary

#918F97

accent

#7AAE84

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A60

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

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