#6E697D#6E697D

#6E697D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.031 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E697D
RGB	rgb(110, 105, 125)
HSL	hsl(255, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 16%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 6.23, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 12.11, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.0142 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.031 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1829, 14.8988, 21.4739)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E697D #787D69

analogous

#696E7D #6E697D #78697D

triadic

#6E697D #7D6E69 #697D6E

tetradic

#6E697D #7D696E #787D69 #697D78

square

#6E697D #7D696E #787D69 #697D78

split-complementary

#6E697D #7D7869 #6E7D69

monochromatic

#33313A #514D5C #6E697D #8D889B #ADA9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#6E697D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#6E697D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E697D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E697D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E697D	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e697d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 105, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.031 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9793a2',
    500: '#6e697d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e697d;
$custom-light: #9793a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e697d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 8.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53247,
    "c": 0.03147,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E697D

secondary

#A4A79B

accent

#B276A3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E697D

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

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