#6C685E#6C685E

#6C685E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.016 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C685E
RGB	rgb(108, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 7%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 13%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 13%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, -0.35, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 6.20, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.0004 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.016 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1549, 13.8971, 12.5769)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C685E #5E626C

analogous

#6C615E #6C685E #696C5E

triadic

#6C685E #5E6C68 #685E6C

tetradic

#6C685E #5E6C61 #5E626C #6C5E69

square

#6C685E #5E6C61 #5E626C #6C5E69

split-complementary

#6C685E #5E696C #615E6C

monochromatic

#2B2925 #4B4842 #6C685E #8C877B #A9A59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#6C685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#6C685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C685E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C685E	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B685D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.016 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96938b',
    500: '#6c685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c685e;
$custom-light: #96938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 6.931,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51787,
    "c": 0.01614,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C685E

secondary

#8E9198

accent

#88B078

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C685E

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

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