#686E78#686E78

#686E78 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.017 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E78
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 120)
HSL	hsl(218, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(218, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, -0.07, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 6.32, 269.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% -0.0028 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.017 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6742, 15.4508, 19.9748)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#686E78 #787268

analogous

#687678 #686E78 #6A6878

triadic

#686E78 #78686E #6E7868

tetradic

#686E78 #786876 #787268 #68786A

square

#686E78 #786876 #787268 #68786A

split-complementary

#686E78 #786A68 #767868

monochromatic

#2F3236 #4C5057 #686E78 #878D97 #A7ACB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#686E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#686E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E78

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E78	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#647071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.017 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93979f',
    500: '#686e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e78;
$custom-light: #93979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53653,
    "c": 0.01727,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E78

secondary

#A39F99

accent

#9B78B0

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E78

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

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