#686C68#686C68

#686C68 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.008 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C68
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 104)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, -2.36, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 2.91, 144.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% -0.0065 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.008 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5697, 14.6676, 15.2103)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C68 #6C686C

analogous

#6A6C68 #686C68 #686C6A

triadic

#686C68 #68686C #6C6868

tetradic

#686C68 #686A6C #6C686C #6C6A68

square

#686C68 #686A6C #6C686C #6C6A68

split-complementary

#686C68 #6A686C #6C686A

monochromatic

#2C2E2C #4A4D4A #686C68 #868B86 #A6A9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#686C68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#686C68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C68

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C68	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6B68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.008 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939693',
    500: '#686c68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c68;
$custom-light: #939693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5265,
    "c": 0.00787,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C68

secondary

#999799

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C68

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

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