#6C686E#6C686E

#6C686E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.010 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C686E
RGB	rgb(108, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 2.79, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 3.96, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.0074 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.01 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9487, 14.2146, 16.7577)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6C686E #6A6E68

analogous

#69686E #6C686E #6E686D

triadic

#6C686E #6E6C68 #686E6C

tetradic

#6C686E #6E6968 #6A6E68 #686D6E

square

#6C686E #6E6968 #6A6E68 #686D6E

split-complementary

#6C686E #6D6E68 #686E69

monochromatic

#2E2D2F #4D4A4F #6C686E #8B868D #A9A6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#6C686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#6C686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C686E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C686E	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68696E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.010 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#969397',
    500: '#6c686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c686e;
$custom-light: #969397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52293,
    "c": 0.01047,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C686E

secondary

#989B97

accent

#AC7C8C

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C686E

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

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