#696E72#696E72

#696E72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.009 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E72
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(207, 4%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(207, 8%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, -1.04, -2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 3.07, 250.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% -0.0041 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.009 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4383, 15.3699, 18.1223)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E72 #726D69

analogous

#697271 #696E72 #696972

triadic

#696E72 #72696E #6E7269

tetradic

#696E72 #716972 #726D69 #697269

square

#696E72 #716972 #726D69 #697269

split-complementary

#696E72 #726969 #727169

monochromatic

#2E3132 #4C4F52 #696E72 #878D91 #A7ABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#696E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#696E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E72

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E72	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.009 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93979a',
    500: '#696e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e72;
$custom-light: #93979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 4.11,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53525,
    "c": 0.00876,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E72

secondary

#9E9B99

accent

#917BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E72

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

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