#69697B#69697B

#69697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.028 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#69697B
RGB	rgb(105, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 3.97, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 10.75, 291.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.0075 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.028 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4516, 14.5363, 20.7795)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#69697B #7B7B69

analogous

#69727B #69697B #72697B

triadic

#69697B #7B6969 #697B69

tetradic

#69697B #7B6972 #7B7B69 #697B72

square

#69697B #7B6972 #7B7B69 #697B72

split-complementary

#69697B #7B7269 #727B69

monochromatic

#313139 #4D4D5A #69697B #888899 #A9A9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#69697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#69697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #69697B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##69697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##69697B	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #69697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.028 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9493a1',
    500: '#69697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #69697b;
$custom-light: #9493a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#69697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52726,
    "c": 0.02806,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#69697B

secondary

#A5A59B

accent

#B177B1

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #69697B

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

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