#696965

Color #696965

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.39 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#696965

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 101)

HSL

hsl(60, 1.9%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.8%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.8%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(44.3, -0.81, 2.25)

LCH

lch(44.3, 2.39, 109.8)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0062, 106.97)

HWB

hwb(60, 39.6%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#656569

Analogous

#696765

#696965

#676965

Triadic

#696965

#656969

#696569

Split-complementary

#696965

#656769

#676569

Tetradic

#696965

#656965

#656569

#696569

Square

#696965

#656967

#656569

#696567

Shades

Color #696965 mixed toward black.

#575754

#464643

#343433

#232322

#111111

Tints

Color #696965 mixed toward white.

#83837e

#9c9c98

#b4b4b2

#cdcdcb

#e6e6e5

Tones

Color #696965 mixed toward gray.

#696965

#686866

#676767

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696966 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#696966 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#696767 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 2.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #696965;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696965]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#696965 (#696965) is rgb(105, 105, 101) in RGB.

No, #696965 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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