#696A79#696A79

#696A79 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.023 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696A79
RGB	rgb(105, 106, 121)
HSL	hsl(236, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 2.90, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 8.95, 288.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.0051 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.023 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4302, 14.6917, 20.1610)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696A79 #797869

analogous

#697279 #696A79 #706979

triadic

#696A79 #79696A #6A7969

tetradic

#696A79 #796972 #797869 #697970

square

#696A79 #796972 #797869 #697970

split-complementary

#696A79 #797069 #727969

monochromatic

#303137 #4D4D58 #696A79 #888997 #A8A9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#696A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#696A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696A79

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696A79	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 106, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.023 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94949f',
    500: '#696a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696a79;
$custom-light: #94949f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52872,
    "c": 0.02341,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696A79

secondary

#A4A39A

accent

#AD78B0

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696A79

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

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