#696F69#696F69

#696F69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.012 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696F69
RGB	rgb(105, 111, 105)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 5.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, -3.53, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 4.35, 144.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% -0.0097 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.012 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0595, 15.3920, 15.5921)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696F69 #6F696F

analogous

#6C6F69 #696F69 #696F6C

triadic

#696F69 #69696F #6F6969

tetradic

#696F69 #696C6F #6F696F #6F6C69

square

#696F69 #696C6F #6F696F #6F6C69

split-complementary

#696F69 #6C696F #6F696C

monochromatic

#2E302E #4B504B #696F69 #878E87 #A7ACA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#696F69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#696F69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696F69

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696F69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696F69	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)

#6F6E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696f69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 111, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.012 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939893',
    500: '#696f69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696f69;
$custom-light: #939893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696f69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53461,
    "c": 0.01175,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696F69

secondary

#9C989C

accent

#7CACAC

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F2F1

border

#CBCCCB

text

#0D0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #696F69

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

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