#696E63#696E63

#696E63 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.018 H 127.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E63
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(87, 5%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(87, 10%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, -4.13, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 6.86, 127.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% -0.0108 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.018 127)
XYZ	xyz(13.6534, 15.0559, 13.9888)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E63 #68636E

analogous

#6E6D63 #696E63 #636E63

triadic

#696E63 #63696E #6E6369

tetradic

#696E63 #636E6D #68636E #6E6363

square

#696E63 #636E6D #68636E #6E6363

split-complementary

#696E63 #63636E #6D636E

monochromatic

#2C2E29 #4A4E46 #696E63 #888D81 #A6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#696E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#696E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E63

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E63	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6C62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6C63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.018 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93978f',
    500: '#696e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e63;
$custom-light: #93978f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.273,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53048,
    "c": 0.01789,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.15056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E63

secondary

#96939A

accent

#79AE91

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E63

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

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