#696D7E#696D7E

#696D7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.027 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D7E
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 2.28, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 10.17, 282.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.0024 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.027 275)
XYZ	xyz(15.0594, 15.4467, 21.9227)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D7E #7E7A69

analogous

#69777E #696D7E #6F697E

triadic

#696D7E #7E696D #6D7E69

tetradic

#696D7E #7E6977 #7E7A69 #697E6F

square

#696D7E #7E6977 #7E7A69 #697E6F

split-complementary

#696D7E #7E6F69 #777E69

monochromatic

#31333B #4D505D #696D7E #888C9C #AAACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#696D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#696D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D7E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D7E	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#647072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.027 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496a3',
    500: '#696d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d7e;
$custom-light: #9496a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53736,
    "c": 0.02696,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.15447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D7E

secondary

#A7A59B

accent

#A776B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D7E

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

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