#696E65#696E65

#696E65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.015 H 130.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E65
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 101)
HSL	hsl(93, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(93, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, -3.74, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 5.75, 130.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% -0.0099 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.015 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7502, 15.0947, 14.4986)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E65 #6A656E

analogous

#6E6E65 #696E65 #656E66

triadic

#696E65 #65696E #6E6569

tetradic

#696E65 #656E6E #6A656E #6E6665

square

#696E65 #656E6E #6A656E #6E6665

split-complementary

#696E65 #66656E #6E656E

monochromatic

#2C2E2A #4B4E48 #696E65 #888D83 #A6AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#696E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#696E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E65

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E65	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6D65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6C65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.015 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939790',
    500: '#696e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e65;
$custom-light: #939790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53107,
    "c": 0.01507,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E65

secondary

#98949A

accent

#7AAD97

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E65

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

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