#968C8E#968C8E

#968C8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.012 H 3.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C8E
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(348, 5%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(348, 7%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 5.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 4.09, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 4.10, 3.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0122 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.012 3.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8376, 27.1935, 29.4210)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C8E #8C9694

analogous

#968C93 #968C8E #968F8C

triadic

#968C8E #8E968C #8C8E96

tetradic

#968C8E #93968C #8C9694 #8F8C96

square

#968C8E #93968C #8C9694 #8F8C96

split-complementary

#968C8E #8C968F #8C9396

monochromatic

#585052 #786D6F #968C8E #B3ACAD #D0CCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#968C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#968C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C8E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C8E	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)

#8D8D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.012 3.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4adaf',
    500: '#968c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c8e;
$custom-light: #b4adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64942,
    "c": 0.01227,
    "h": 3.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C8E

secondary

#BDC1C0

accent

#AEA37A

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C8E

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

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