#6E686E#6E686E

#6E686E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.012 H 325.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E686E
RGB	rgb(110, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 3.56, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 4.36, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.0098 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.012 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1948, 14.3415, 16.7692)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E686E #686E68

analogous

#6B686E #6E686E #6E686B

triadic

#6E686E #6E6E68 #686E6E

tetradic

#6E686E #6E6B68 #686E68 #686B6E

square

#6E686E #6E6B68 #686E68 #686B6E

split-complementary

#6E686E #6B6E68 #686E6B

monochromatic

#2F2D2F #4F4A4F #6E686E #8D868D #ABA6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#6E686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#6E686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E686E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E686E	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68696E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.012 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979397',
    500: '#6e686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e686e;
$custom-light: #979397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.804,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52478,
    "c": 0.01183,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E686E

secondary

#979B97

accent

#AC7C7C

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E686E

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

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