#696C8F#696C8F

#696C8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.055 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696C8F
RGB	rgb(105, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(235, 15%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(235, 27%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 7.11, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 20.77, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.01 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.055 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1449, 15.7112, 28.1632)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696C8F #8F8C69

analogous

#697F8F #696C8F #79698F

triadic

#696C8F #8F696C #6C8F69

tetradic

#696C8F #8F697F #8F8C69 #698F79

square

#696C8F #8F697F #8F8C69 #698F79

split-complementary

#696C8F #8F7969 #7F8F69

monochromatic

#353748 #4F516C #696C8F #8B8EAA #AFB0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#696C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#696C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696C8F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696C8F	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.055 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496b0',
    500: '#696c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696c8f;
$custom-light: #9496b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 15.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54222,
    "c": 0.05465,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696C8F

secondary

#B3B2A1

accent

#B270B8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F1F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #696C8F

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

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