#686C62#686C62

#686C62 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.016 H 124.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C62
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 98)
HSL	hsl(84, 5%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(84, 9%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, -3.56, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 6.19, 125.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% -0.0092 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.016 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2757, 14.5500, 13.6619)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C62 #66626C

analogous

#6C6B62 #686C62 #636C62

triadic

#686C62 #62686C #6C6268

tetradic

#686C62 #626C6B #66626C #6C6263

square

#686C62 #626C6B #66626C #6C6263

split-complementary

#686C62 #62636C #6B626C

monochromatic

#2A2C28 #494C45 #686C62 #878B80 #A5A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#686C62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#686C62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C62

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C62	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6A62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.016 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93968e',
    500: '#686c62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c62;
$custom-light: #93968e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 4.854,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52466,
    "c": 0.01609,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C62

secondary

#949199

accent

#7AAE8F

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C62

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

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