#696E7E#696E7E

#696E7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.026 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E7E
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 126)
HSL	hsl(226, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 1.69, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 9.63, 280.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.0008 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.026 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1666, 15.6612, 21.9585)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E7E #7E7969

analogous

#69787E #696E7E #6E697E

triadic

#696E7E #7E696E #6E7E69

tetradic

#696E7E #7E6978 #7E7969 #697E6E

square

#696E7E #7E6978 #7E7969 #697E6E

split-complementary

#696E7E #7E6E69 #787E69

monochromatic

#31343B #4D515D #696E7E #888D9C #AAADB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#696E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#696E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E7E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E7E	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#647173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.026 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9497a3',
    500: '#696e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e7e;
$custom-light: #9497a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5396,
    "c": 0.02569,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E7E

secondary

#A7A59B

accent

#A476B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F1F2F3

border

#CBCCCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E7E

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

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