#6A685E#6A685E

#6A685E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.016 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A685E
RGB	rgb(106, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 6%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 11%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 11.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, -1.17, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 6.03, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% -0.0021 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.016 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9143, 13.7731, 12.5656)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A685E #5E606A

analogous

#6A625E #6A685E #666A5E

triadic

#6A685E #5E6A68 #685E6A

tetradic

#6A685E #5E6A62 #5E606A #6A5E66

square

#6A685E #5E6A62 #5E606A #6A5E66

split-complementary

#6A685E #5E666A #625E6A

monochromatic

#292824 #4A4841 #6A685E #8A887B #A7A59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#6A685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#6A685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A685E

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A685E	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B685E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.016 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94938b',
    500: '#6a685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a685e;
$custom-light: #94938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 6,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51602,
    "c": 0.01556,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A685E

secondary

#8D8F96

accent

#82AF79

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A685E

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

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