#696D79#696D79

#696D79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.019 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D79
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(225, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 1.12, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 7.26, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.0004 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.019 271)
XYZ	xyz(14.7448, 15.3208, 20.2658)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D79 #797569

analogous

#697579 #696D79 #6D6979

triadic

#696D79 #79696D #6D7969

tetradic

#696D79 #796975 #797569 #69796D

square

#696D79 #796975 #797569 #69796D

split-complementary

#696D79 #796D69 #757969

monochromatic

#303237 #4D4F58 #696D79 #888C97 #A8ABB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#696D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#696D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D79

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D79	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#656F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.019 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94969f',
    500: '#696d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d79;
$custom-light: #94969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53547,
    "c": 0.01934,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.15321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D79

secondary

#A4A19A

accent

#A278B0

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D79

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

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