#968989#968989

#968989 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.016 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968989
RGB	rgb(150, 137, 137)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 8.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 4.87, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 5.18, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.015 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.016 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0383, 26.1819, 27.3440)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#968989 #899696

analogous

#968990 #968989 #969089

triadic

#968989 #899689 #898996

tetradic

#968989 #909689 #899696 #908996

square

#968989 #909689 #899696 #908996

split-complementary

#968989 #899690 #899096

monochromatic

#574E4E #776A6A #968989 #B3A9A9 #D0CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#968989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#968989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968989

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968989	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 137, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.016 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5abab',
    500: '#968989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968989;
$custom-light: #b5abab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.83,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.01568,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968989

secondary

#BBC0C0

accent

#AFAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968989

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

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