#6D656E#6D656E

#6D656E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.017 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D656E
RGB	rgb(109, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(293, 4%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(293, 8%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 4.97, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 6.33, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.0135 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.017 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7744, 13.6845, 16.6645)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D656E #666E65

analogous

#69656E #6D656E #6E656B

triadic

#6D656E #6E6D65 #656E6D

tetradic

#6D656E #6E6965 #666E65 #656B6E

square

#6D656E #6E6965 #666E65 #656B6E

split-complementary

#6D656E #6B6E65 #656E69

monochromatic

#2E2A2E #4D484E #6D656E #8C838D #AAA3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#6D656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#6D656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D656E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D656E	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66686E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.017 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#969097',
    500: '#6d656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d656e;
$custom-light: #969097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 4.265,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5172,
    "c": 0.01706,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D656E

secondary

#959A94

accent

#AD7A80

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2F0F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0D0C0D

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D656E

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

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