#968B99#968B99

#968B99 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.024 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B99
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(287, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(287, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 6.78, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 9.02, 318.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0182 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.024 319)
XYZ	xyz(27.5592, 27.2494, 33.9386)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B99 #8E998B

analogous

#8F8B99 #968B99 #998B95

triadic

#968B99 #99968B #8B9996

tetradic

#968B99 #998F8B #8E998B #8B9599

square

#968B99 #998F8B #8E998B #8B9599

split-complementary

#968B99 #95998B #8B998F

monochromatic

#584F5A #786C7B #968B99 #B3ACB6 #D1CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#968B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#968B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B99

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B99	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.024 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4acb7',
    500: '#968b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b99;
$custom-light: #b4acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 6.422,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65088,
    "c": 0.02411,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B99

secondary

#BEC3BD

accent

#B07884

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B99

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

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