#686C72#686C72

#686C72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.011 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C72
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 114)
HSL	hsl(216, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(216, 9%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, -0.24, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 3.88, 266.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% -0.0021 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.011 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1081, 14.8830, 18.0458)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C72 #726E68

analogous

#687172 #686C72 #696872

triadic

#686C72 #72686C #6C7268

tetradic

#686C72 #726871 #726E68 #687269

square

#686C72 #726871 #726E68 #687269

split-complementary

#686C72 #726968 #717268

monochromatic

#2E2F32 #4B4E52 #686C72 #868B91 #A6A9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#686C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#686C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C72

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C72	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.011 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93969a',
    500: '#686c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c72;
$custom-light: #93969a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 4.587,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52983,
    "c": 0.0106,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C72

secondary

#9E9C98

accent

#997AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C72

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

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