#949696#949696

#949696 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.002 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949696
RGB	rgb(148, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -0.72, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 0.77, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0022 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.002 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6231, 30.3105, 33.1908)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949696 #969494

analogous

#949695 #949696 #949596

triadic

#949696 #969496 #969694

tetradic

#949696 #959496 #969494 #959694

square

#949696 #959496 #969494 #959694

split-complementary

#949696 #969495 #969594

monochromatic

#575959 #757878 #949696 #B3B4B4 #D2D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#949696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#949696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949696

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949696	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.002 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b4b4',
    500: '#949696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949696;
$custom-light: #b3b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.943,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67146,
    "c": 0.00233,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949696

secondary

#C3C3C3

accent

#7E7EAA

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #949696

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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