#686A6E#686A6E

#686A6E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.007 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A6E
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 110)
HSL	hsl(220, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(220, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 0.08, -2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 2.51, 271.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% -0.0006 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.007 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6769, 14.3768, 16.8033)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A6E #6E6C68

analogous

#686D6E #686A6E #69686E

triadic

#686A6E #6E686A #6A6E68

tetradic

#686A6E #6E686D #6E6C68 #686E69

square

#686A6E #6E686D #6E6C68 #686E69

split-complementary

#686A6E #6E6968 #6D6E68

monochromatic

#2D2D2F #4A4C4F #686A6E #86898D #A6A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#686A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#686A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A6E

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A6E	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.007 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939497',
    500: '#686a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a6e;
$custom-light: #939497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52388,
    "c": 0.00672,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A6E

secondary

#9B9A97

accent

#9C7CAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A6E

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

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