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#696462 color: Wire Wool

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17°
100%

OKLCH

50.7%
0.007
43°
  • ≈ Umber
  • Gray
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • taupe-500
  • Black 59%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text5.83:1 · AALc -84
Black text3.60:1 · Below AALc 25

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About #696462

#696462 is a gray color. In OKLCH it has 50.7% lightness, 0.007 chroma and a hue of 43°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.83:1 contrast and black text 3.6:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Wire Wool (#676662). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-500.

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Lighter: #696462 mixed with white

  1. 696462
  2. 777270
  3. 85817f
  4. 93908e
  5. a29f9e
  6. b1aead
  7. c0bebd
  8. d0cecd
  9. dfdede
  10. efeeee

Darker: #696462 mixed with black

  1. 696462
  2. 5a5654
  3. 4c4847
  4. 3e3b3a
  5. 312e2d
  6. 242221
  7. 181616
  8. 0c0b0b
  9. 040303
  10. 000000

Calmer: #696462 with less saturation

  1. 696462
  2. 696462
  3. 686463
  4. 686463
  5. 676463
  6. 676564
  7. 676564
  8. 666564
  9. 666564
  10. 666565