#696E73#696E73

#696E73 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.010 H 248.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E73
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 115)
HSL	hsl(210, 5%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(210, 9%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, -0.83, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 3.53, 256.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% -0.0037 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.01 248)
XYZ	xyz(14.4955, 15.3928, 18.4238)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E73 #736E69

analogous

#697373 #696E73 #696973

triadic

#696E73 #73696E #6E7369

tetradic

#696E73 #736973 #736E69 #697369

square

#696E73 #736973 #736E69 #697369

split-complementary

#696E73 #736969 #737369

monochromatic

#2F3133 #4C4F53 #696E73 #878D92 #A7ABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#696E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#696E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E73

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E73	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6E73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.010 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93979b',
    500: '#696e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e73;
$custom-light: #93979b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53559,
    "c": 0.00993,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.15393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E73

secondary

#9F9C99

accent

#947AAE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E73

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

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