#6F727E#6F727E

#6F727E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.019 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F727E
RGB	rgb(111, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(228, 6%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(228, 12%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 1.46, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 7.14, 281.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.0015 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.019 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3379, 16.9203, 22.1398)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F727E #7E7B6F

analogous

#6F7A7E #6F727E #746F7E

triadic

#6F727E #7E6F72 #727E6F

tetradic

#6F727E #7E6F7A #7E7B6F #6F7E74

square

#6F727E #7E6F7A #7E7B6F #6F7E74

split-complementary

#6F727E #7E746F #7A7E6F

monochromatic

#36373D #52555D #6F727E #8E919C #AFB1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#6F727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#6F727E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F727E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F727E	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)

#6F737F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.019 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989aa3',
    500: '#6f727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f727e;
$custom-light: #989aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 6.329,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55361,
    "c": 0.01888,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F727E

secondary

#A8A7A0

accent

#A478AF

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0D0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F727E

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

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