#696D74#696D74

#696D74 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.012 H 261.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D74
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 116)
HSL	hsl(218, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(218, 9%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, -0.01, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 4.42, 269.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% -0.0017 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.012 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4461, 15.2014, 18.6927)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D74 #747069

analogous

#697274 #696D74 #6A6974

triadic

#696D74 #74696D #6D7469

tetradic

#696D74 #746972 #747069 #69746A

square

#696D74 #746972 #747069 #69746A

split-complementary

#696D74 #746A69 #727469

monochromatic

#2F3134 #4C4F54 #696D74 #878C93 #A8ABB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#696D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#696D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D74

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D74	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.012 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93969c',
    500: '#696d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d74;
$custom-light: #93969c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 4.977,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53366,
    "c": 0.01197,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D74

secondary

#A09D99

accent

#9B7AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D74

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

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