#968A96#968A96

#968A96 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.022 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968A96
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 6.76, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 8.26, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0186 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.022 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1704, 26.8632, 32.6020)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#968A96 #8A968A

analogous

#908A96 #968A96 #968A90

triadic

#968A96 #96968A #8A9696

tetradic

#968A96 #96908A #8A968A #8A9096

square

#968A96 #96908A #8A968A #8A9096

split-complementary

#968A96 #90968A #8A9690

monochromatic

#574E57 #786B78 #968A96 #B3AAB3 #D0CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#968A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#968A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968A96

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968A96	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.022 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acb4',
    500: '#968a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968a96;
$custom-light: #b4acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64779,
    "c": 0.02246,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968A96

secondary

#BBC0BB

accent

#AF7979

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968A96

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

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