#696B68#696B68

#696B68 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.005 H 134.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B68
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(100, 1%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(100, 3%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, -1.39, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 1.98, 134.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% -0.0037 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.005 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5817, 14.5181, 15.1808)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B68 #6A686B

analogous

#6B6B68 #696B68 #686B69

triadic

#696B68 #68696B #6B6869

tetradic

#696B68 #686B6B #6A686B #6B6968

square

#696B68 #686B6B #6A686B #6B6968

split-complementary

#696B68 #69686B #6B686B

monochromatic

#2C2D2C #4B4C4A #696B68 #888A86 #A6A8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#696B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#696B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B68

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B68	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.005 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939593',
    500: '#696b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b68;
$custom-light: #939593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 1.422,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52506,
    "c": 0.00523,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B68

secondary

#989698

accent

#7DAB9B

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B68

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

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