#686F71#686F71

#686F71 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.009 H 216.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686F71
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 113)
HSL	hsl(193, 4%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 8%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 1.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, -2.22, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 3.01, 222.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% -0.0073 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.009 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3734, 15.5040, 17.8549)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686F71 #716A68

analogous

#68716E #686F71 #686B71

triadic

#686F71 #71686F #6F7168

tetradic

#686F71 #6E6871 #716A68 #6B7168

square

#686F71 #6E6871 #716A68 #6B7168

split-complementary

#686F71 #71686B #716E68

monochromatic

#2D3031 #4B5051 #686F71 #868E90 #A6ACAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#686F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#686F71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686F71

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686F71	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#667070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.009 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939899',
    500: '#686f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686f71;
$custom-light: #939899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 4.147,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53636,
    "c": 0.00912,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686F71

secondary

#9D9997

accent

#867AAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #686F71

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

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