#686A78#686A78

#686A78 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.022 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A78
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 120)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(233, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 2.31, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 8.37, 286.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.0035 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.022 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2524, 14.6070, 19.8342)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A78 #787668

analogous

#687278 #686A78 #6E6878

triadic

#686A78 #78686A #6A7868

tetradic

#686A78 #786872 #787668 #68786E

square

#686A78 #786872 #787668 #68786E

split-complementary

#686A78 #786E68 #727868

monochromatic

#2F3036 #4C4D57 #686A78 #878997 #A7A9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#686A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#686A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A78

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A78	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.022 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93949f',
    500: '#686a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a78;
$custom-light: #93949f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52748,
    "c": 0.022,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A78

secondary

#A3A299

accent

#A978B0

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A78

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

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