#6A686A#6A686A

#6A686A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A686A
RGB	rgb(106, 104, 106)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 1.19, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 1.46, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.0033 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4953, 14.0054, 15.6252)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A686A #686A68

analogous

#69686A #6A686A #6A6869

triadic

#6A686A #6A6A68 #686A6A

tetradic

#6A686A #6A6968 #686A68 #68696A

square

#6A686A #6A6968 #686A68 #68696A

split-complementary

#6A686A #696A68 #686A69

monochromatic

#2C2B2C #4B4A4B #6A686A #898689 #A7A5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#6A686A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#6A686A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A686A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A686A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A686A	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68686A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a686a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 104, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949394',
    500: '#6a686a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a686a;
$custom-light: #949394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a686a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51976,
    "c": 0.00395,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A686A

secondary

#969896

accent

#AA7E7E

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A686A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →