#74697B#74697B

#74697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.031 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#74697B
RGBrgb(116, 105, 123)
HSLhsl(277, 8%, 45%)
HSVhsv(277, 15%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(5.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(45.97, 7.98, -8.42)
CIE-LCHlch(45.97, 11.60, 313.44°)
OKLaboklab(53.73% 0.0206 -0.0226)
OKLCHoklch(53.73% 0.031 312.4)
XYZxyz(15.8286, 15.2463, 20.8440)
Luminance0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#74697B #707B69
analogous
#6B697B #74697B #7B6979
triadic
#74697B #7B7469 #697B74
tetradic
#74697B #7B6B69 #707B69 #69797B
square
#74697B #7B6B69 #707B69 #69797B
split-complementary
#74697B #797B69 #697B6B
monochromatic
#363139 #554D5A #74697B #938899 #B1A9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19
#74697B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05
#74697B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74697B
5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##74697B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##74697B1.005.194.055.19
#FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00
#0000004.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#676C7C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#696D7A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#736B6F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #74697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.031 312.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c93a1',
    500: '#74697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #74697b;
$custom-light: #9c93a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#74697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53725,
    "c": 0.03062,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#74697B
secondary
#9FA59B
accent
#B1778D
background
#F9F9F9
surface
#F2F1F2
border
#CCCBCC
text
#0E0D0E
muted
#7E7E7E

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#74697B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva