#6A697B#6A697B

#6A697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.028 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A697B
RGB	rgb(106, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(243, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(243, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 4.33, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 10.76, 293.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.0086 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.028 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5698, 14.5973, 20.7850)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A697B #7A7B69

analogous

#69717B #6A697B #73697B

triadic

#6A697B #7B6A69 #697B6A

tetradic

#6A697B #7B6971 #7A7B69 #697B73

square

#6A697B #7B6971 #7A7B69 #697B73

split-complementary

#6A697B #7B7369 #717B69

monochromatic

#313139 #4E4D5A #6A697B #898899 #AAA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#6A697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#6A697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A697B

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A697B	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.028 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9493a1',
    500: '#6a697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a697b;
$custom-light: #9493a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52813,
    "c": 0.02802,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A697B

secondary

#A5A59B

accent

#B177AE

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F1F1F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A697B

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

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