#968C9C#968C9C

#968C9C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.026 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C9C
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 156)
HSL	hsl(278, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(278, 10%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 6.82, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 9.86, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0178 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.026 313)
XYZ	xyz(27.9555, 27.6406, 35.3085)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C9C #929C8C

analogous

#8E8C9C #968C9C #9C8C9A

triadic

#968C9C #9C968C #8C9C96

tetradic

#968C9C #9C8E8C #929C8C #8C9A9C

square

#968C9C #9C8E8C #929C8C #8C9A9C

split-complementary

#968C9C #9A9C8C #8C9C8E

monochromatic

#58505D #786D7E #968C9C #B4ADB8 #D2CED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#968C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#968C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C9C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C9C	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.026 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4adb9',
    500: '#968c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c9c;
$custom-light: #b4adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 7.477,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65397,
    "c": 0.02605,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.2764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C9C

secondary

#C1C5BF

accent

#B1778D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C9C

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

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