#686E72#686E72

#686E72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.010 H 236.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E72
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(204, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(204, 9%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, -1.42, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 3.33, 244.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% -0.0053 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.01 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3215, 15.3097, 18.1169)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E72 #726C68

analogous

#687271 #686E72 #686972

triadic

#686E72 #72686E #6E7268

tetradic

#686E72 #716872 #726C68 #697268

square

#686E72 #716872 #726C68 #697268

split-complementary

#686E72 #726869 #727168

monochromatic

#2E3032 #4B4F52 #686E72 #868D91 #A6ABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#686E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#686E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E72

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E72	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.010 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93979a',
    500: '#686e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e72;
$custom-light: #93979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 4.587,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53441,
    "c": 0.00967,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E72

secondary

#9E9A98

accent

#8F7AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E72

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

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