#6E7280#6E7280

#6E7280 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.022 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E7280
RGB	rgb(110, 114, 128)
HSL	hsl(227, 8%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 1.55, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 8.35, 280.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.0012 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.022 273)
XYZ	xyz(16.3431, 16.9079, 22.8204)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E7280 #807C6E

analogous

#6E7B80 #6E7280 #736E80

triadic

#6E7280 #806E72 #72806E

tetradic

#6E7280 #806E7B #807C6E #6E8073

square

#6E7280 #806E7B #807C6E #6E8073

split-complementary

#6E7280 #80736E #7B806E

monochromatic

#35373E #52555F #6E7280 #8E919E #AFB1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#6E7280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#6E7280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E7280

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E7280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E7280	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A7476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e7280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 114, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.022 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979aa4',
    500: '#6e7280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e7280;
$custom-light: #979aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e7280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 7.563,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5535,
    "c": 0.02219,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E7280

secondary

#AAA8A0

accent

#A477B1

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0D0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E7280

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

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