#686E60#686E60

#686E60 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.023 H 126.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E60
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(86, 7%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(86, 13%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, -5.10, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 8.69, 125.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% -0.0133 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.023 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.3958, 14.9394, 13.2419)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E60 #66606E

analogous

#6E6D60 #686E60 #616E60

triadic

#686E60 #60686E #6E6068

tetradic

#686E60 #606E6D #66606E #6E6061

square

#686E60 #606E6D #66606E #6E6061

split-complementary

#686E60 #60616E #6D606E

monochromatic

#2A2D27 #494D43 #686E60 #878E7D #A5AA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#686E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#686E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E60

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E60	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.023 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93978d',
    500: '#686e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e60;
$custom-light: #93978d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 6.796,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52876,
    "c": 0.02261,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E60

secondary

#94909A

accent

#78B090

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E60

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

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