#686D71#686D71

#686D71 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.009 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D71
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 113)
HSL	hsl(207, 4%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(207, 8%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, -1.05, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 3.07, 250.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% -0.0041 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.009 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1576, 15.0725, 17.7830)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D71 #716C68

analogous

#687170 #686D71 #686971

triadic

#686D71 #71686D #6D7168

tetradic

#686D71 #706871 #716C68 #697168

square

#686D71 #706871 #716C68 #697168

split-complementary

#686D71 #716869 #717068

monochromatic

#2D3031 #4B4E51 #686D71 #868C90 #A6AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#686D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#686D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D71

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D71	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.009 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939699',
    500: '#686d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d71;
$custom-light: #939699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 4.147,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53177,
    "c": 0.00878,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D71

secondary

#9D9A97

accent

#917AAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D71

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

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