#6E6E73 · Dove Gray

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#6E6E73 is a medium, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Dove Gray and near Dove Gray and Slate Gray. In OKLCH it has 54% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 286°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #6E6E73 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#6E6E73
RGBrgb(110, 110, 115)
HSLhsl(240, 2%, 44%)
CMYK4, 4, 0, 55
CSS var--dove-gray
Contrast5.07:1 white · 4.14:1 black

Similar named colors

Dove Gray #6D6C6CSlate Gray #5D6D7EStorm #4F666ASlate #708090Gray #808080

How to use #6E6E73

White text passes WCAG AA on #6E6E73 (5.07:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #6E6E73 with its analogous neighbors #6E7072 and #706E72; for contrast use its complement #72726E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--dove-gray: #6E6E73;

Shades & tints

#161617#2C2C2E#424245#58585C#6E6E73#8B8B8F#A8A8AB#C5C5C7#E2E2E3

Color harmonies for #6E6E73

Complementary

#6E6E73#72726E

Analogous

#6E6E73#6E7072#706E72

Triadic

#6E6E73#726E6E#6E726E

Split complementary

#6E6E73#72706E#70726E

Tetradic

#6E6E73#726E70#72726E#6E7270

Palettes with #6E6E73