#686A72#686A72

#686A72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.013 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A72
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(228, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(228, 9%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 0.95, -4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 4.82, 281.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.0011 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.013 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8996, 14.4659, 17.9762)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A72 #727068

analogous

#686F72 #686A72 #6B6872

triadic

#686A72 #72686A #6A7268

tetradic

#686A72 #72686F #727068 #68726B

square

#686A72 #72686F #727068 #68726B

split-complementary

#686A72 #726B68 #6F7268

monochromatic

#2E2E32 #4B4C52 #686A72 #868891 #A6A8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#686A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#686A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A72

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A72	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.013 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93949a',
    500: '#686a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a72;
$custom-light: #93949a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 4.587,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52528,
    "c": 0.01272,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A72

secondary

#9E9D98

accent

#A37AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A72

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

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