#686A6A#686A6A

#686A6A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A6A
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 106)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, -0.77, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 0.82, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% -0.0024 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4640, 14.2917, 15.6821)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A6A #6A6868

analogous

#686A69 #686A6A #68696A

triadic

#686A6A #6A686A #6A6A68

tetradic

#686A6A #69686A #6A6868 #696A68

square

#686A6A #69686A #6A6868 #696A68

split-complementary

#686A6A #6A6869 #6A6968

monochromatic

#2B2C2C #4A4B4B #686A6A #868989 #A5A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#686A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#686A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A6A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A6A	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69696A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939494',
    500: '#686a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a6a;
$custom-light: #939494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52254,
    "c": 0.00248,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A6A

secondary

#989696

accent

#7E7EAA

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A6A

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

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