#968B8A#968B8A

#968B8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.013 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B8A
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 8%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 3.92, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 4.40, 27.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0122 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.013 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3973, 26.7846, 27.8192)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B8A #8A9596

analogous

#968A8F #968B8A #96918A

triadic

#968B8A #8A968B #8B8A96

tetradic

#968B8A #8F968A #8A9596 #918A96

square

#968B8A #8F968A #8A9596 #918A96

split-complementary

#968B8A #8A9691 #8A8F96

monochromatic

#574F4E #786C6B #968B8A #B3ABAA #D0CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#968B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#968B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B8A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B8A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.013 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acac',
    500: '#968b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b8a;
$custom-light: #b4acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64609,
    "c": 0.01331,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B8A

secondary

#BBC0C0

accent

#AAAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B8A

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

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