#686E73#686E73

#686E73 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.011 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E73
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 115)
HSL	hsl(207, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(207, 10%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, -1.20, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 3.76, 251.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% -0.0049 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.011 243)
XYZ	xyz(14.3787, 15.3326, 18.4183)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#686E73 #736D68

analogous

#687372 #686E73 #686873

triadic

#686E73 #73686E #6E7368

tetradic

#686E73 #726873 #736D68 #687368

square

#686E73 #726873 #736D68 #687368

split-complementary

#686E73 #736868 #737268

monochromatic

#2E3133 #4B4F53 #686E73 #868D92 #A6ABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#686E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#686E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E73

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E73	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.011 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93979b',
    500: '#686e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e73;
$custom-light: #93979b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 5.023,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53475,
    "c": 0.01074,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.15333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E73

secondary

#9F9B98

accent

#927AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E73

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

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