#686C70#686C70

#686C70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.008 H 248.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C70
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 112)
HSL	hsl(210, 4%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(210, 7%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, -0.67, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 2.84, 256.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% -0.003 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.008 248)
XYZ	xyz(13.9955, 14.8379, 17.4528)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C70 #706C68

analogous

#687070 #686C70 #686870

triadic

#686C70 #70686C #6C7068

tetradic

#686C70 #706870 #706C68 #687068

square

#686C70 #706870 #706C68 #687068

split-complementary

#686C70 #706868 #707068

monochromatic

#2D2F31 #4B4D50 #686C70 #868B8F #A6A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#686C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#686C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C70

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C70	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.008 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939699',
    500: '#686c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c70;
$custom-light: #939699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52914,
    "c": 0.00797,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.14838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C70

secondary

#9D9A97

accent

#947BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C70

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

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