#696E70#696E70

#696E70 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.007 H 223.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E70
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 112)
HSL	hsl(197, 3%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 6%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, -1.48, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 2.31, 230.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% -0.005 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.007 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3257, 15.3248, 17.5294)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E70 #706B69

analogous

#69706F #696E70 #696A70

triadic

#696E70 #70696E #6E7069

tetradic

#696E70 #6F6970 #706B69 #6A7069

square

#696E70 #6F6970 #706B69 #6A7069

split-complementary

#696E70 #70696A #706F69

monochromatic

#2E3031 #4B4F50 #696E70 #878D8F #A7ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#696E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#696E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E70

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E70	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.007 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939799',
    500: '#696e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e70;
$custom-light: #939799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 3.226,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53457,
    "c": 0.0069,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E70

secondary

#9D9998

accent

#897BAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E70

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

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