#949E96#949E96

#949E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.016 H 151.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949E96
RGB	rgb(148, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(132, 5%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(132, 6%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -5.13, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 5.92, 150.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0143 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.016 151.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9436, 32.9514, 33.6310)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#949E96 #9E949C

analogous

#979E94 #949E96 #949E9B

triadic

#949E96 #96949E #9E9694

tetradic

#949E96 #94979E #9E949C #9E9B94

square

#949E96 #94979E #9E949C #9E9B94

split-complementary

#949E96 #9B949E #9E9497

monochromatic

#576059 #748077 #949E96 #B4BBB5 #D4D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#949E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#949E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949E96

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949E96	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.016 151.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3bab4',
    500: '#949e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949e96;
$custom-light: #b3bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 4.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6888,
    "c": 0.01623,
    "h": 151.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949E96

secondary

#C9C5C8

accent

#7AA4AE

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #949E96

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

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