Dim Gray color (#696969)
Dim Gray is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword dimgray
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #696969, which is rgb(105, 105, 105) in RGB. The keyword dimgrey produces exactly the same color.
It is a medium neutral and a perceived lightness of 52% in OKLCH. On a dim gray background, white text gives the higher contrast at 5.48:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Dim Gray color codes
| CSS name | dimgray |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #696969 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #696969FF |
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| RGB | rgb(105, 105, 105) |
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| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 41%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(0, 0%, 41%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(52.1% 0 89.9) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 58.8%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for dim gray used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of dim gray
Tints mix dim gray with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with dim gray
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Dim Gray with color blindness
Approximately how dim gray appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using dim gray in CSS
.element {
color: dimgray;
background-color: #696969;
border-color: rgb(105 105 105 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(52.1% 0 89.9);
}Similar named colors
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