#6E697B#6E697B

#6E697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.028 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E697B
RGB	rgb(110, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(257, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.43, 5.77, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.43, 10.94, 301.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.0134 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.028 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0564, 14.8482, 20.8078)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E697B #767B69

analogous

#696D7B #6E697B #77697B

triadic

#6E697B #7B6E69 #697B6E

tetradic

#6E697B #7B696D #767B69 #697B77

square

#6E697B #7B696D #767B69 #697B77

split-complementary

#6E697B #7B7769 #6D7B69

monochromatic

#333139 #504D5A #6E697B #8D8899 #ACA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#6E697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#6E697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E697B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E697B	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.028 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9793a1',
    500: '#6e697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e697b;
$custom-light: #9793a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5317,
    "c": 0.02844,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E697B

secondary

#A2A59B

accent

#B177A1

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0D0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E697B

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

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