#696C65#696C65

#696C65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.011 H 125.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696C65
RGB	rgb(105, 108, 101)
HSL	hsl(86, 3%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(86, 6%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, -2.58, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 4.36, 126.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% -0.0066 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.011 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5368, 14.6680, 14.4274)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696C65 #68656C

analogous

#6C6B65 #696C65 #656C65

triadic

#696C65 #65696C #6C6569

tetradic

#696C65 #656C6B #68656C #6C6565

square

#696C65 #656C6B #68656C #6C6565

split-complementary

#696C65 #65656C #6B656C

monochromatic

#2C2D2A #4A4C47 #696C65 #888B83 #A6A9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#696C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#696C65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696C65

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696C65	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6B65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 108, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.011 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939690',
    500: '#696c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696c65;
$custom-light: #939690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 3.349,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52644,
    "c": 0.01136,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696C65

secondary

#969499

accent

#7BAD90

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #696C65

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

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