#686A6C#686A6C

#686A6C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.004 H 247.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A6C
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 108)
HSL	hsl(210, 2%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(210, 4%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, -0.35, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 1.43, 255.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% -0.0015 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.004 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5692, 14.3338, 16.2363)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A6C #6C6A68

analogous

#686C6C #686A6C #68686C

triadic

#686A6C #6C686A #6A6C68

tetradic

#686A6C #6C686C #6C6A68 #686C68

square

#686A6C #6C686C #6C6A68 #686C68

split-complementary

#686A6C #6C6868 #6C6C68

monochromatic

#2C2D2E #4A4B4D #686A6C #86898B #A6A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#686A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#686A6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A6C

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A6C	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.004 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939496',
    500: '#686a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a6c;
$custom-light: #939496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5232,
    "c": 0.00399,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A6C

secondary

#999897

accent

#947DAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A6C

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

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