#696C8D#696C8D

#696C8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.052 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696C8D
RGB	rgb(105, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(235, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(235, 26%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 6.59, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 19.59, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.0094 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.052 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9948, 15.6511, 27.3724)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696C8D #8D8A69

analogous

#697E8D #696C8D #78698D

triadic

#696C8D #8D696C #6C8D69

tetradic

#696C8D #8D697E #8D8A69 #698D78

square

#696C8D #8D697E #8D8A69 #698D78

split-complementary

#696C8D #8D7869 #7E8D69

monochromatic

#353647 #4F516A #696C8D #8B8DA8 #AEB0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#696C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#696C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696C8D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696C8D	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63708E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.052 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496ae',
    500: '#696c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696c8d;
$custom-light: #9496ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54133,
    "c": 0.05156,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696C8D

secondary

#B2B0A0

accent

#B270B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #696C8D

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

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