#696a5e

Color #696a5e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#696a5e

RGB

rgb(105, 106, 94)

HSL

hsl(65, 6%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65, 11.3%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 11.3%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(44.4, -2.75, 6.61)

LCH

lch(44.4, 7.16, 112.59)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.0184, 110.99)

HWB

hwb(65, 36.9%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5e6a

Analogous

#6a655e

#696a5e

#636a5e

Triadic

#696a5e

#5e696a

#6a5e69

Split-complementary

#696a5e

#5e636a

#655e6a

Tetradic

#696a5e

#5e6a5f

#5f5e6a

#6a5e69

Square

#696a5e

#5e6a65

#5f5e6a

#6a5e63

Shades

Color #696a5e mixed toward black.

#57584e

#46473f

#34352f

#23231f

#111210

Tints

Color #696a5e mixed toward white.

#848576

#9d9e91

#b5b6ad

#cecec8

#e6e7e4

Tones

Color #696a5e mixed toward gray.

#68695f

#676860

#666761

#666662

#656563

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696961 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#696962 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#696364 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696a5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696a5e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#696a5e (#696a5e) is rgb(105, 106, 94) in RGB.

No, #696a5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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