#696B72#696B72

#696B72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.011 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B72
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(227, 4%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(227, 8%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.27, 0.73, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.27, 4.23, 279.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.0006 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.011 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1200, 14.7335, 18.0163)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B72 #727069

analogous

#696F72 #696B72 #6B6972

triadic

#696B72 #72696B #6B7269

tetradic

#696B72 #72696F #727069 #69726B

square

#696B72 #72696F #727069 #69726B

split-complementary

#696B72 #726B69 #6F7269

monochromatic

#2E2F32 #4C4D52 #696B72 #878991 #A7A9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#696B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#696B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B72

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B72	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.011 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93959a',
    500: '#696b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b72;
$custom-light: #93959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 4.11,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52841,
    "c": 0.01118,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B72

secondary

#9E9D99

accent

#A27BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B72

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

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