#696E79#696E79

#696E79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.018 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E79
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(221, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(221, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 0.52, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 6.76, 274.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0012 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.018 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8520, 15.5354, 20.3016)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E79 #797469

analogous

#697679 #696E79 #6C6979

triadic

#696E79 #79696E #6E7969

tetradic

#696E79 #796976 #797469 #69796C

square

#696E79 #796976 #797469 #69796C

split-complementary

#696E79 #796C69 #767969

monochromatic

#303237 #4D5058 #696E79 #888D97 #A8ACB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#696E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#696E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E79

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E79	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#657071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.018 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94979f',
    500: '#696e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e79;
$custom-light: #94979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53773,
    "c": 0.01822,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E79

secondary

#A4A19A

accent

#9E78B0

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F2

border

#CBCCCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E79

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

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