#696C69#696C69

#696C69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.006 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696C69
RGB	rgb(105, 108, 105)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.29, -1.77, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.29, 2.18, 144.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% -0.0049 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.006 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7376, 14.7483, 15.4848)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696C69 #6C696C

analogous

#6B6C69 #696C69 #696C6B

triadic

#696C69 #69696C #6C6969

tetradic

#696C69 #696B6C #6C696C #6C6B69

square

#696C69 #696B6C #6C696C #6C6B69

split-complementary

#696C69 #6B696C #6C696B

monochromatic

#2D2E2D #4B4D4B #696C69 #878B87 #A6A9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#696C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#696C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696C69

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696C69	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)

#6C6B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 108, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.006 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939693',
    500: '#696c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696c69;
$custom-light: #939693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.408,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52768,
    "c": 0.0059,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696C69

secondary

#999799

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F1

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696C69

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

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