#968697#968697

#968697 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.031 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968697
RGB	rgb(150, 134, 151)
HSL	hsl(296, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 9.24, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 11.50, 323.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0253 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.031 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6879, 25.7689, 32.8401)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968697 #879786

analogous

#8D8697 #968697 #97868F

triadic

#968697 #979686 #869796

tetradic

#968697 #978D86 #879786 #868F97

square

#968697 #978D86 #879786 #868F97

split-complementary

#968697 #8F9786 #86978D

monochromatic

#574B57 #776778 #968697 #B3A7B3 #CFC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#968697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#968697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968697

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968697	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#858A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 134, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.031 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a9b5',
    500: '#968697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968697;
$custom-light: #b5a9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 7.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63987,
    "c": 0.03116,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968697

secondary

#B9C0B9

accent

#B1777B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968697

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

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