#968C8A#968C8A

#968C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.012 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C8A
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(10, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 8%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 3.35, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 4.12, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0106 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.012 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5427, 27.0755, 27.8677)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C8A #8A9496

analogous

#968A8E #968C8A #96928A

triadic

#968C8A #8A968C #8C8A96

tetradic

#968C8A #8E968A #8A9496 #928A96

square

#968C8A #8E968A #8A9496 #928A96

split-complementary

#968C8A #8A9692 #8A8E96

monochromatic

#57504E #786D6B #968C8A #B3ACAA #D0CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#968C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#968C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C8A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C8A	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.012 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4adac',
    500: '#968c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c8a;
$custom-light: #b4adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.01238,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C8A

secondary

#BBC0C0

accent

#A6AF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C8A

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

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