#6E697E#6E697E

#6E697E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.033 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E697E
RGB	rgb(110, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(254, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 6.46, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 12.70, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.0146 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.033 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2471, 14.9244, 21.8121)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E697E #797E69

analogous

#696E7E #6E697E #78697E

triadic

#6E697E #7E6E69 #697E6E

tetradic

#6E697E #7E696E #797E69 #697E78

square

#6E697E #7E696E #797E69 #697E78

split-complementary

#6E697E #7E7869 #6E7E69

monochromatic

#34313B #514D5D #6E697E #8D889C #ADAAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#6E697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#6E697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E697E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E697E	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.033 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9793a3',
    500: '#6e697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e697e;
$custom-light: #9793a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53286,
    "c": 0.03299,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E697E

secondary

#A5A79B

accent

#B276A4

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E697E

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

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