#616161#616161

#616161 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#616161
RGB	rgb(97, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 0.00, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 0.00, 348.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(11.3618, 11.9538, 13.0157)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#616161 #616161

analogous

#616161 #616161 #616161

triadic

#616161 #616161 #616161

tetradic

#616161 #616161 #616161 #616161

square

#616161 #616161 #616161 #616161

split-complementary

#616161 #616161 #616161

monochromatic

#242424 #424242 #616161 #808080 #9E9E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#616161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#616161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #616161

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##616161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##616161	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#616161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #616161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8d8d',
    500: '#616161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #616161;
$custom-light: #8d8d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#616161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49261,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.11954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#616161

secondary

#8F8F8F

accent

#A9A97E

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0C0C

muted

#7D7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #616161

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

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