#696F65#696F65

#696F65 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.017 H 132.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696F65
RGB	rgb(105, 111, 101)
HSL	hsl(96, 5%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(96, 9%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 9%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, -4.33, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 6.45, 132.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% -0.0115 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.017 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8587, 15.3117, 14.5347)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696F65 #6B656F

analogous

#6E6F65 #696F65 #656F66

triadic

#696F65 #65696F #6F6569

tetradic

#696F65 #656E6F #6B656F #6F6665

square

#696F65 #656E6F #6B656F #6F6665

split-complementary

#696F65 #66656F #6F656E

monochromatic

#2C2F2B #4B4F48 #696F65 #878E83 #A6ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#696F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#696F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696F65

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696F65	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)

#706D64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6D65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 111, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.017 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939890',
    500: '#696f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696f65;
$custom-light: #939890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 4.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5334,
    "c": 0.01696,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696F65

secondary

#99949B

accent

#7AAE99

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2F0

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #696F65

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

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