#6F697E#6F697E

#6F697E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.033 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F697E
RGB	rgb(111, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(257, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 6.82, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 12.77, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.0158 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.033 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3723, 14.9890, 21.8179)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F697E #787E69

analogous

#696D7E #6F697E #79697E

triadic

#6F697E #7E6F69 #697E6F

tetradic

#6F697E #7E696D #787E69 #697E79

square

#6F697E #7E696D #787E69 #697E79

split-complementary

#6F697E #7E7969 #6D7E69

monochromatic

#34313B #524D5D #6F697E #8E889C #AEAAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#6F697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#6F697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F697E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F697E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.033 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9893a3',
    500: '#6f697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f697e;
$custom-light: #9893a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53377,
    "c": 0.03319,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F697E

secondary

#A4A79B

accent

#B276A1

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0D0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F697E

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

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