#696E66#696E66

#696E66 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.014 H 133.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E66
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(98, 4%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(98, 7%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, -3.55, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 5.20, 133.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% -0.0094 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.014 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7995, 15.1144, 14.7582)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E66 #6B666E

analogous

#6D6E66 #696E66 #666E67

triadic

#696E66 #66696E #6E6669

tetradic

#696E66 #666D6E #6B666E #6E6766

square

#696E66 #666D6E #6B666E #6E6766

split-complementary

#696E66 #67666E #6E666D

monochromatic

#2C2E2B #4B4E49 #696E66 #878D84 #A6ABA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#696E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#696E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E66

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E66	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6D66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6C66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.014 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939791',
    500: '#696e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e66;
$custom-light: #939791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 3.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53137,
    "c": 0.01369,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E66

secondary

#99959B

accent

#7BAD9A

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E66

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

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