#686E76#686E76

#686E76 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.015 H 255.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E76
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 118)
HSL	hsl(214, 6%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(214, 12%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, -0.52, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 5.25, 264.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% -0.0036 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.015 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5541, 15.4027, 19.3423)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#686E76 #767068

analogous

#687576 #686E76 #696876

triadic

#686E76 #76686E #6E7668

tetradic

#686E76 #766875 #767068 #687669

square

#686E76 #766875 #767068 #687669

split-complementary

#686E76 #766968 #757668

monochromatic

#2F3135 #4B5055 #686E76 #868D95 #A7ABB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#686E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#686E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E76

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E76	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#657070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.015 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93979d',
    500: '#686e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e76;
$custom-light: #93979d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 6.306,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53581,
    "c": 0.0145,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E76

secondary

#A19E99

accent

#9878AF

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E76

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

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