#696F71 — Beautiful Darkness Color · Hex, RGB & Palettes

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#696F71

≈ Beautiful Darkness

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On white

5.11:1

Passes AA

On black

3.43:1

AA · large text

Best text on this color

Aa#FFFFFF(5.11:1)

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Hue195°Saturation7%Brightness44%

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Colour-blindness preview

Normal vision#696F71

Protanopia#6E6F71

Deuteranopia#6C6D71

Tritanopia#677070

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Colors that go with Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Darkness is an easy neutral to build around — combine it with a single saturated accent to give a neutral scheme a focal point, plus a tint or shade of itself for depth.

Anchovy#716B69 Acoustic Brown#71696B Armoury#716F69 Shadows#69716F Mercury#E9EBEC Wet Concrete#36393A

Closest named, CSS & systems

Colour nameBeautiful Darkness#686D70ΔE 1.1 CSS nameDimgray#696969ΔE 3.7 Web-safe#666666#666666ΔE 4.4

Pantone & RAL matches are coming soon — those libraries aren't openly licensed for redistribution.

Beautiful Darkness — meaning & where to use it

Beautiful Darkness is a rich, mid-toned neutral — calm, versatile and understated. It works well for backgrounds, typography and minimalist, editorial layouts where colour should recede. Pair it with a single saturated accent to give a neutral scheme a focal point.

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