#6E685E#6E685E

#6E685E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.017 H 80.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E685E
RGB	rgb(110, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 8%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 15%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 14.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 0.46, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 6.49, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.0028 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.017 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4010, 14.0240, 12.5884)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E685E #5E646E

analogous

#6E605E #6E685E #6C6E5E

triadic

#6E685E #5E6E68 #685E6E

tetradic

#6E685E #5E6E60 #5E646E #6E5E6C

square

#6E685E #5E6E60 #5E646E #6E5E6C

split-complementary

#6E685E #5E6C6E #605E6E

monochromatic

#2C2A26 #4D4942 #6E685E #8E877B #AAA59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#6E685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#6E685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E685E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E685E	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)

#6B685D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.017 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97938b',
    500: '#6e685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e685e;
$custom-light: #97938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 7.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51974,
    "c": 0.01711,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E685E

secondary

#8E929A

accent

#8DB177

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F1F0

border

#CCCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E685E

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

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