#686E66#686E66

#686E66 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.014 H 137.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E66
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(105, 4%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(105, 7%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, -3.94, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 5.38, 137.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% -0.0106 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.014 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6827, 15.0542, 14.7527)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E66 #6C666E

analogous

#6C6E66 #686E66 #666E68

triadic

#686E66 #66686E #6E6668

tetradic

#686E66 #666C6E #6C666E #6E6866

square

#686E66 #666C6E #6C666E #6E6866

split-complementary

#686E66 #68666E #6E666C

monochromatic

#2C2E2B #4A4E49 #686E66 #868D84 #A6ABA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#686E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#686E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E66

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E66	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6D66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6C66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.014 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939791',
    500: '#686e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e66;
$custom-light: #939791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 3.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53052,
    "c": 0.01429,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E66

secondary

#99959B

accent

#7BADA0

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E66

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

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