#686C6E#686C6E

#686C6E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.006 H 228.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C6E
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 110)
HSL	hsl(200, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(200, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, -1.11, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 1.99, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% -0.0038 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.006 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8854, 14.7939, 16.8728)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C6E #6E6A68

analogous

#686E6D #686C6E #68696E

triadic

#686C6E #6E686C #6C6E68

tetradic

#686C6E #6D686E #6E6A68 #696E68

square

#686C6E #6D686E #6E6A68 #696E68

split-complementary

#686C6E #6E6869 #6E6D68

monochromatic

#2D2E2F #4A4D4F #686C6E #868B8D #A6A9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#686C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#686C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C6E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C6E	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.006 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939697',
    500: '#686c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c6e;
$custom-light: #939697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52846,
    "c": 0.00585,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C6E

secondary

#9B9897

accent

#8C7CAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C6E

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

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