#968B89#968B89

#968B89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.014 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B89
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(9, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 8.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 3.73, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 4.52, 34.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0118 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.014 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3252, 26.7558, 27.4396)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B89 #899496

analogous

#96898E #968B89 #969289

triadic

#968B89 #89968B #8B8996

tetradic

#968B89 #8E9689 #899496 #928996

square

#968B89 #8E9689 #899496 #928996

split-complementary

#968B89 #899692 #898E96

monochromatic

#574F4E #776C6A #968B89 #B3ABA9 #D0CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#968B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#968B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B89

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B89	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.014 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acab',
    500: '#968b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b89;
$custom-light: #b4acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 5.83,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.01358,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B89

secondary

#BBBFC0

accent

#A7AF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B89

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

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