#96898E#96898E

#96898E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.017 H 352.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96898E
RGB	rgb(150, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(337, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(337, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 5.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 5.79, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 5.86, 351.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.017 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.017 352.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4053, 26.3287, 29.2769)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96898E #899691

analogous

#968995 #96898E #968B89

triadic

#96898E #8E9689 #898E96

tetradic

#96898E #959689 #899691 #8B8996

square

#96898E #959689 #899691 #8B8996

split-complementary

#96898E #89968B #899596

monochromatic

#574E51 #776A6F #96898E #B3A9AD #D0CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#96898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#96898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #96898E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96898E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.017 352.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4abaf',
    500: '#96898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96898e;
$custom-light: #b4abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.923,
    "s": 5.83,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64312,
    "c": 0.01714,
    "h": 352.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96898E

secondary

#BBC0BE

accent

#AF9A79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #96898E

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

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