#686E70#686E70

#686E70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.008 H 219.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E70
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 112)
HSL	hsl(195, 4%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 7%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, -1.85, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 2.66, 225.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% -0.0062 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.008 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2089, 15.2646, 17.5239)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E70 #706A68

analogous

#68706E #686E70 #686A70

triadic

#686E70 #70686E #6E7068

tetradic

#686E70 #6E6870 #706A68 #6A7068

square

#686E70 #6E6870 #706A68 #6A7068

split-complementary

#686E70 #70686A #706E68

monochromatic

#2D3031 #4B4F50 #686E70 #868D8F #A6ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#686E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#686E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E70

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E70	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.008 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939799',
    500: '#686e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e70;
$custom-light: #939799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53373,
    "c": 0.00801,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E70

secondary

#9D9997

accent

#877BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E70

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

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