#696D69#696D69

#696D69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.008 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D69
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 105)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, -2.36, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 2.91, 144.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53% -0.0065 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.008 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8437, 14.9604, 15.5202)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D69 #6D696D

analogous

#6B6D69 #696D69 #696D6B

triadic

#696D69 #69696D #6D6969

tetradic

#696D69 #696B6D #6D696D #6D6B69

square

#696D69 #696B6D #6D696D #6D6B69

split-complementary

#696D69 #6B696D #6D696B

monochromatic

#2D2F2D #4B4E4B #696D69 #878C87 #A7AAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#696D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#696D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D69

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D69	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.008 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939693',
    500: '#696d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d69;
$custom-light: #939693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.869,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52999,
    "c": 0.00785,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D69

secondary

#9A989A

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D69

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

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