#968B97#968B97

#968B97 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.022 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B97
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(295, 5%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 6.38, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 8.04, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0174 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.022 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3954, 27.1838, 33.0760)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B97 #8C978B

analogous

#908B97 #968B97 #978B92

triadic

#968B97 #97968B #8B9796

tetradic

#968B97 #97908B #8C978B #8B9297

square

#968B97 #97908B #8C978B #8B9297

split-complementary

#968B97 #92978B #8B9790

monochromatic

#584F58 #786C79 #968B97 #B3ABB4 #D0CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#968B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#968B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B97

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B97	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.022 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acb5',
    500: '#968b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b97;
$custom-light: #b4acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65021,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B97

secondary

#BDC1BC

accent

#AF797E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B97

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

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