#6E727E#6E727E

#6E727E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.019 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E727E
RGB	rgb(110, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(225, 7%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 1.10, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 7.20, 278.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.0004 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.019 271)
XYZ	xyz(16.2128, 16.8558, 22.1340)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E727E #7E7A6E

analogous

#6E7A7E #6E727E #726E7E

triadic

#6E727E #7E6E72 #727E6E

tetradic

#6E727E #7E6E7A #7E7A6E #6E7E72

square

#6E727E #7E6E7A #7E7A6E #6E7E72

split-complementary

#6E727E #7E726E #7A7E6E

monochromatic

#35373D #51545D #6E727E #8D919C #AEB1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#6E727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#6E727E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E727E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E727E	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F737F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A7476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.019 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979aa3',
    500: '#6e727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e727e;
$custom-light: #979aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 6.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55277,
    "c": 0.01918,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E727E

secondary

#A8A6A0

accent

#A278B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0D0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E727E

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

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