#73697B#73697B

#73697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.030 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73697B
RGB	rgb(115, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(273, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 7.61, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 11.46, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.0194 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.03 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6963, 15.1781, 20.8378)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73697B #717B69

analogous

#6A697B #73697B #7B697A

triadic

#73697B #7B7369 #697B73

tetradic

#73697B #7B6A69 #717B69 #697A7B

square

#73697B #7B6A69 #717B69 #697A7B

split-complementary

#73697B #7A7B69 #697B6A

monochromatic

#353139 #544D5A #73697B #928899 #B0A9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#73697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#73697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73697B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73697B	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.030 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b93a1',
    500: '#73697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73697b;
$custom-light: #9b93a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53631,
    "c": 0.03014,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73697B

secondary

#9FA59B

accent

#B17791

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #73697B

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

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