#686B68#686B68

#686B68 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.006 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B68
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, -1.77, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 2.19, 144.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% -0.0049 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.006 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4649, 14.4579, 15.1753)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B68 #6B686B

analogous

#6A6B68 #686B68 #686B6A

triadic

#686B68 #68686B #6B6868

tetradic

#686B68 #686A6B #6B686B #6B6A68

square

#686B68 #686A6B #6B686B #6B6A68

split-complementary

#686B68 #6A686B #6B686A

monochromatic

#2C2D2C #4A4C4A #686B68 #868A86 #A5A8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#686B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#686B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B68

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B68	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.006 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939593',
    500: '#686b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b68;
$custom-light: #939593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.422,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52419,
    "c": 0.00591,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B68

secondary

#989698

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B68

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

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