#968696#968696

#968696 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.030 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968696
RGB	rgb(150, 134, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 9.04, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 11.03, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.0249 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.03 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6070, 25.7366, 32.4142)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968696 #869686

analogous

#8E8696 #968696 #96868E

triadic

#968696 #969686 #869696

tetradic

#968696 #968E86 #869686 #868E96

square

#968696 #968E86 #869686 #868E96

split-complementary

#968696 #8E9686 #86968E

monochromatic

#574B57 #776877 #968696 #B2A7B2 #CFC8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#968696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#968696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968696

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968696	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 134, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.030 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a9b4',
    500: '#968696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968696;
$custom-light: #b5a9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.03003,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968696

secondary

#B9BFB9

accent

#B07878

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968696

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

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