#686E6A#686E6A

#686E6A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.010 H 156.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E6A
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 106)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(140, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, -3.12, 1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 3.44, 155.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% -0.0088 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.01 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8859, 15.1354, 15.8227)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E6A #6E686C

analogous

#696E68 #686E6A #686E6D

triadic

#686E6A #6A686E #6E6A68

tetradic

#686E6A #68696E #6E686C #6E6D68

square

#686E6A #68696E #6E686C #6E6D68

split-complementary

#686E6A #6D686E #6E6869

monochromatic

#2D2F2D #4A4F4C #686E6A #868D89 #A6ABA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#686E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#686E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E6A

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E6A	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6D6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.010 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939794',
    500: '#686e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e6a;
$custom-light: #939794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53176,
    "c": 0.00957,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E6A

secondary

#9B979A

accent

#7C9CAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E6A

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

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