#696B65#696B65

#696B65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.010 H 121.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B65
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 101)
HSL	hsl(80, 3%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(80, 6%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, -1.99, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 3.68, 122.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% -0.005 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.01 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4320, 14.4582, 14.3925)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B65 #67656B

analogous

#6B6A65 #696B65 #666B65

triadic

#696B65 #65696B #6B6569

tetradic

#696B65 #656B6A #67656B #6B6566

square

#696B65 #656B6A #67656B #6B6566

split-complementary

#696B65 #65666B #6A656B

monochromatic

#2B2C2A #4A4C47 #696B65 #888A83 #A6A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#696B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#696B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B65

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B65	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.010 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939590',
    500: '#696b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b65;
$custom-light: #939590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 2.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52413,
    "c": 0.00954,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B65

secondary

#959498

accent

#7CAC8C

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B65

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

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