#696D8D#696D8D

#696D8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.050 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D8D
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(233, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 5.99, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 18.98, 288.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.0079 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.05 279)
XYZ	xyz(16.1008, 15.8633, 27.4078)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D8D #8D8969

analogous

#697F8D #696D8D #77698D

triadic

#696D8D #8D696D #6D8D69

tetradic

#696D8D #8D697F #8D8969 #698D77

square

#696D8D #8D697F #8D8969 #698D77

split-complementary

#696D8D #8D7769 #7F8D69

monochromatic

#353747 #4F526A #696D8D #8B8EA8 #AEB0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#696D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#696D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D8D

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D8D	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.050 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496ae',
    500: '#696d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d8d;
$custom-light: #9496ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54352,
    "c": 0.05011,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.15864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D8D

secondary

#B2B0A0

accent

#B070B7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D8D

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

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