#6E686A#6E686A

#6E686A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.008 H 355.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E686A
RGB	rgb(110, 104, 106)
HSL	hsl(340, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(340, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 3.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 2.75, -0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 2.76, 354.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.0081 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.008 355)
XYZ	xyz(13.9819, 14.2563, 15.6480)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E686A #686E6C

analogous

#6E686D #6E686A #6E6968

triadic

#6E686A #6A6E68 #686A6E

tetradic

#6E686A #6D6E68 #686E6C #69686E

square

#6E686A #6D6E68 #686E6C #69686E

split-complementary

#6E686A #686E69 #686D6E

monochromatic

#2F2D2D #4F4A4C #6E686A #8D8689 #ABA6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#6E686A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#6E686A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E686A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E686A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E686A	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69696A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e686a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 104, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.008 355.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979394',
    500: '#6e686a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e686a;
$custom-light: #979394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e686a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52344,
    "c": 0.00811,
    "h": 355
  },
  "luminance": 0.14256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E686A

secondary

#979B9A

accent

#AC9C7C

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F1

border

#CCCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E686A

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

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