Dim Gray (#696969) is a medium, grayish gray. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: dimgray as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(105, 105, 105); in HSL, hsl(0, 0%, 41%).
| Hex | #696969 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | dimgray (alias: dimgrey) |
| RGB | rgb(105, 105, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 41%) |
| CMYK | 0%, 0%, 0%, 59% |
| CSS example | color: #696969; background-color: rgb(105, 105, 105); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
#696969 is a neutral: it carries little to no hue, so wheel-based schemes like complementary or triadic would simply return the same gray. Neutrals work differently — use the ramp above for backgrounds, borders and text, and pair #696969 with a saturated accent for links, buttons and highlights. Each of these accents reads clearly against #696969:
On a #696969 background, white text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 5.49:1 | AA | AAA |
| Black text (#000000) | 3.83:1 | Fails | AA |
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