#968A8A#968A8A

#968A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968A8A
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 8%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 4.48, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 4.77, 19.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0138 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2531, 26.4963, 27.7711)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968A8A #8A9696

analogous

#968A90 #968A8A #96908A

triadic

#968A8A #8A968A #8A8A96

tetradic

#968A8A #90968A #8A9696 #908A96

square

#968A8A #90968A #8A9696 #908A96

split-complementary

#968A8A #8A9690 #8A9096

monochromatic

#574E4E #786B6B #968A8A #B3AAAA #D0CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#968A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#968A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968A8A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968A8A	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acac',
    500: '#968a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968a8a;
$custom-light: #b4acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64399,
    "c": 0.01444,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968A8A

secondary

#BBC0C0

accent

#AFAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968A8A

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

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