#6E727C#6E727C

#6E727C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.016 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E727C
RGB	rgb(110, 114, 124)
HSL	hsl(223, 6%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(223, 11%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 0.65, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 6.06, 276.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% -0.0005 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.016 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0850, 16.8047, 21.4611)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E727C #7C786E

analogous

#6E797C #6E727C #716E7C

triadic

#6E727C #7C6E72 #727C6E

tetradic

#6E727C #7C6E79 #7C786E #6E7C71

square

#6E727C #7C6E79 #7C786E #6E7C71

split-complementary

#6E727C #7C716E #797C6E

monochromatic

#34363B #51545C #6E727C #8D919A #AEB0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#6E727C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#6E727C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E727C

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E727C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E727C	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F737D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e727c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 114, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.016 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979aa1',
    500: '#6e727c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e727c;
$custom-light: #979aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e727c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 5.983,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55204,
    "c": 0.01622,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E727C

secondary

#A7A59F

accent

#A079AF

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0D0E0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E727C

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

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