#696B73#696B73

#696B73 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.013 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B73
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 115)
HSL	hsl(228, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(228, 9%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 0.95, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 4.82, 281.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.0011 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.013 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1773, 14.7564, 18.3177)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B73 #737169

analogous

#697073 #696B73 #6C6973

triadic

#696B73 #73696B #6B7369

tetradic

#696B73 #736970 #737169 #69736C

square

#696B73 #736970 #737169 #69736C

split-complementary

#696B73 #736C69 #707369

monochromatic

#2F2F33 #4C4D53 #696B73 #878992 #A7A9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#696B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#696B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B73

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B73	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.013 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93959b',
    500: '#696b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b73;
$custom-light: #93959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52877,
    "c": 0.0127,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B73

secondary

#9F9E99

accent

#A37AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B73

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

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