#968A8E#968A8E

#968A8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.015 H 355.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968A8E
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(340, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(340, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 5.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 5.22, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 5.25, 354.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.0154 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.015 355.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5481, 26.6143, 29.3245)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968A8E #8A9692

analogous

#968A94 #968A8E #968C8A

triadic

#968A8E #8E968A #8A8E96

tetradic

#968A8E #94968A #8A9692 #8C8A96

square

#968A8E #94968A #8A9692 #8C8A96

split-complementary

#968A8E #8A968C #8A9496

monochromatic

#574E51 #786B6F #968A8E #B3AAAD #D0CBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#968A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#968A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968A8E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968A8E	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.015 355.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acaf',
    500: '#968a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968a8e;
$custom-light: #b4acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64521,
    "c": 0.01545,
    "h": 355.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968A8E

secondary

#BBC0BF

accent

#AF9D79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968A8E

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

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