#968C8B#968C8B

#968C8B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.012 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C8B
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(5, 5%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 7%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 7.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 3.53, 1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 4.00, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.011 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.012 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6154, 27.1046, 28.2507)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C8B #8B9596

analogous

#968B90 #968C8B #96928B

triadic

#968C8B #8B968C #8C8B96

tetradic

#968C8B #90968B #8B9596 #928B96

square

#968C8B #90968B #8B9596 #928B96

split-complementary

#968C8B #8B9692 #8B9096

monochromatic

#57504F #786D6C #968C8B #B3ACAB #D0CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#968C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#968C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C8B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C8B	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.012 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4adac',
    500: '#968c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c8b;
$custom-light: #b4adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 4.977,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.01209,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C8B

secondary

#BCC0C1

accent

#A9AE7A

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C8B

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

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