#616E72#616E72

#616E72 is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.017 H 218.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#616E72
RGB	rgb(97, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(194, 8%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 15%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, -3.97, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 5.55, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% -0.0133 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.017 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5422, 14.9079, 18.0803)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#616E72 #726561

analogous

#61726E #616E72 #616672

triadic

#616E72 #72616E #6E7261

tetradic

#616E72 #6E6172 #726561 #667261

square

#616E72 #6E6172 #726561 #667261

split-complementary

#616E72 #726166 #726E61

monochromatic

#292E30 #454E51 #616E72 #7F8D92 #A0AAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#616E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#616E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #616E72

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##616E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##616E72	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #616e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.017 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e979a',
    500: '#616e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #616e72;
$custom-light: #8e979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#616e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 8.057,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52871,
    "c": 0.01695,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#616E72

secondary

#9D9492

accent

#8477B1

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#F0F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0C0D0E

muted

#7D7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #616E72

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

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