#696D8F#696D8F

#696D8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.053 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D8F
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(234, 15%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(234, 27%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 6.51, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 20.16, 288.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.0086 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.053 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2510, 15.9233, 28.1986)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D8F #8F8B69

analogous

#69808F #696D8F #78698F

triadic

#696D8F #8F696D #6D8F69

tetradic

#696D8F #8F6980 #8F8B69 #698F78

square

#696D8F #8F6980 #8F8B69 #698F78

split-complementary

#696D8F #8F7869 #808F69

monochromatic

#353748 #4F526C #696D8F #8B8EAA #AFB1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#696D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#696D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D8F

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D8F	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#607379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.053 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9496b0',
    500: '#696d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d8f;
$custom-light: #9496b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 15.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5444,
    "c": 0.0532,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D8F

secondary

#B3B1A1

accent

#B070B8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D8F

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

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