#6D697B#6D697B

#6D697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.028 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D697B
RGB	rgb(109, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 5.41, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 10.88, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.0122 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.028 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9327, 14.7844, 20.8020)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D697B #777B69

analogous

#696E7B #6D697B #76697B

triadic

#6D697B #7B6D69 #697B6D

tetradic

#6D697B #7B696E #777B69 #697B76

square

#6D697B #7B696E #777B69 #697B76

split-complementary

#6D697B #7B7669 #6E7B69

monochromatic

#323139 #504D5A #6D697B #8C8899 #ACA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#6D697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#6D697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D697B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D697B	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.028 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9793a1',
    500: '#6d697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d697b;
$custom-light: #9793a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5308,
    "c": 0.02825,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D697B

secondary

#A3A59B

accent

#B177A4

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D697B

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

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