#686C76#686C76

#686C76 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.016 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C76
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 118)
HSL	hsl(223, 6%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(223, 12%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 0.66, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 6.12, 276.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% -0.0005 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.016 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3408, 14.9760, 19.2712)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C76 #767268

analogous

#687376 #686C76 #6B6876

triadic

#686C76 #76686C #6C7668

tetradic

#686C76 #766873 #767268 #68766B

square

#686C76 #766873 #767268 #68766B

split-complementary

#686C76 #766B68 #737668

monochromatic

#2F3035 #4B4E55 #686C76 #868B95 #A7AAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#686C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#686C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C76

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C76	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.016 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93969d',
    500: '#686c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c76;
$custom-light: #93969d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 6.306,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53126,
    "c": 0.01638,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C76

secondary

#A19F99

accent

#A078AF

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C76

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

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