#968596#968596

#968596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.032 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968596
RGB	rgb(150, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 9.61, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 11.73, 325.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0265 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.032 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4695, 25.4614, 32.3684)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968596 #859685

analogous

#8D8596 #968596 #96858D

triadic

#968596 #969685 #859696

tetradic

#968596 #968D85 #859685 #858D96

square

#968596 #968D85 #859685 #858D96

split-complementary

#968596 #8D9685 #85968D

monochromatic

#564A56 #776777 #968596 #B2A6B2 #CFC7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#968596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#968596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968596

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968596	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.032 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a8b4',
    500: '#968596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968596;
$custom-light: #b5a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.489,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63747,
    "c": 0.03193,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968596

secondary

#B8BFB8

accent

#B17777

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968596

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

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