#686A68#686A68

#686A68 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A68
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 104)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 1.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, -1.19, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 1.46, 144.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% -0.0032 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3612, 14.2506, 15.1408)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A68 #6A686A

analogous

#696A68 #686A68 #686A69

triadic

#686A68 #68686A #6A6868

tetradic

#686A68 #68696A #6A686A #6A6968

square

#686A68 #68696A #6A686A #6A6968

split-complementary

#686A68 #69686A #6A6869

monochromatic

#2B2C2B #4A4B4A #686A68 #868986 #A5A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#686A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#686A68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A68

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A68	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939493',
    500: '#686a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a68;
$custom-light: #939493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52189,
    "c": 0.00394,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A68

secondary

#989698

accent

#7EAAAA

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A68

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

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