#686E6C#686E6C

#686E6C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.008 H 174.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E6C
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 108)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(160, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, -2.71, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 2.73, 173.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% -0.0079 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.008 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9911, 15.1775, 16.3769)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E6C #6E686A

analogous

#686E69 #686E6C #686D6E

triadic

#686E6C #6C686E #6E6C68

tetradic

#686E6C #69686E #6E686A #6D6E68

square

#686E6C #69686E #6E686A #6D6E68

split-complementary

#686E6C #6E686D #6E6968

monochromatic

#2D2F2E #4A4F4D #686E6C #868D8B #A6ABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#686E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#686E6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E6C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E6C	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)

#6E6D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.008 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939796',
    500: '#686e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e6c;
$custom-light: #939796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5324,
    "c": 0.00795,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E6C

secondary

#9B9798

accent

#7C8CAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E6C

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

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