#686D76#686D76

#686D76 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.015 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D76
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 118)
HSL	hsl(219, 6%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(219, 12%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 0.07, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 5.65, 270.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% -0.002 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.015 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4469, 15.1882, 19.3065)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D76 #767168

analogous

#687476 #686D76 #6A6876

triadic

#686D76 #76686D #6D7668

tetradic

#686D76 #766874 #767168 #68766A

square

#686D76 #766874 #767168 #68766A

split-complementary

#686D76 #766A68 #747668

monochromatic

#2F3135 #4B4F55 #686D76 #868C95 #A7ABB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#686D76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#686D76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D76

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D76	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.015 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93969d',
    500: '#686d76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d76;
$custom-light: #93969d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 6.306,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53353,
    "c": 0.01535,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D76

secondary

#A19E99

accent

#9C78AF

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D76

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

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