#6A686C#6A686C

#6A686C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.007 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A686C
RGB	rgb(106, 104, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(270, 4%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 1.60, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 2.54, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.0041 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.007 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6005, 14.0475, 16.1794)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6A686C #6A6C68

analogous

#68686C #6A686C #6C686C

triadic

#6A686C #6C6A68 #686C6A

tetradic

#6A686C #6C6868 #6A6C68 #686C6C

square

#6A686C #6C6868 #6A6C68 #686C6C

split-complementary

#6A686C #6C6C68 #686C68

monochromatic

#2D2C2E #4B4A4D #6A686C #89868B #A7A6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#6A686C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#6A686C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A686C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A686C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A686C	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a686c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 104, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.007 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949396',
    500: '#6a686c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a686c;
$custom-light: #949396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a686c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.887,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52043,
    "c": 0.00665,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A686C

secondary

#989997

accent

#AB7D94

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A686C

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

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