#685F59 · near Storm

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#685F59 (RGB 104, 95, 89) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Storm and near Dove Gray and Umber. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #685F59 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 49% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 56°.

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HEX#685F59
RGBrgb(104, 95, 89)
HSLhsl(24, 8%, 38%)
CMYK0, 9, 14, 59
CSS var--storm
Contrast6.23:1 white · 3.37:1 black

Similar named colors

Storm #4F666ADove Gray #6D6C6CUmber #635147Coffee #6F4E37Slate Gray #5D6D7E

How to use #685F59

White text passes WCAG AA on #685F59 (6.23:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #685F59 with its analogous neighbors #69595B and #696759; for contrast use its complement #596269 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--storm: #685F59;

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#685F59 hex color card: near Storm, RGB 104, 95, 89
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Shades & tints

#151312#2A2624#3E3935#534C47#685F59#867F7A#A49F9B#C3BFBD#E1DFDE

Color harmonies for #685F59

Complementary

#685F59#596269

Analogous

#685F59#69595B#696759

Triadic

#685F59#59695F#5F5969

Split complementary

#685F59#596967#595B69

Tetradic

#685F59#5B6959#596269#675969

Palettes with #685F59