#968496#968496

#968496 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.034 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968496
RGB	rgb(150, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 10.18, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 12.42, 325.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.028 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.034 326)
XYZ	xyz(26.3332, 25.1889, 32.3230)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968496 #849684

analogous

#8D8496 #968496 #96848D

triadic

#968496 #969684 #849696

tetradic

#968496 #968D84 #849684 #848D96

square

#968496 #968D84 #849684 #848D96

split-complementary

#968496 #8D9684 #84968D

monochromatic

#564956 #776677 #968496 #B2A5B2 #CEC6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#968496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#968496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968496

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968496	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.034 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a7b4',
    500: '#968496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968496;
$custom-light: #b5a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63542,
    "c": 0.03383,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.25189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968496

secondary

#B7BFB7

accent

#B17777

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968496

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

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