#696B79#696B79

#696B79 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.022 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B79
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(233, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 2.31, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 8.36, 286.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.0035 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.022 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5338, 14.8990, 20.1955)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B79 #797769

analogous

#697379 #696B79 #6F6979

triadic

#696B79 #79696B #6B7969

tetradic

#696B79 #796973 #797769 #69796F

square

#696B79 #796973 #797769 #69796F

split-complementary

#696B79 #796F69 #737969

monochromatic

#303137 #4D4E58 #696B79 #888A97 #A8AAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#696B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#696B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B79

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B79	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.022 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94959f',
    500: '#696b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b79;
$custom-light: #94959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53096,
    "c": 0.02196,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B79

secondary

#A4A29A

accent

#A978B0

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B79

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

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