#968D8A#968D8A

#968D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.012 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968D8A
RGB	rgb(150, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(15, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 8%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 2.79, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 3.95, 45.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.009 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.012 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6895, 27.3691, 27.9166)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968D8A #8A9396

analogous

#968A8D #968D8A #96938A

triadic

#968D8A #8A968D #8D8A96

tetradic

#968D8A #8D968A #8A9396 #938A96

square

#968D8A #8D968A #8A9396 #938A96

split-complementary

#968D8A #8A9693 #8A8D96

monochromatic

#57514E #786E6B #968D8A #B3ACAA #D0CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#968D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#968D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968D8A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968D8A	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.012 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4aeac',
    500: '#968d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968d8a;
$custom-light: #b4aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65032,
    "c": 0.01167,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968D8A

secondary

#BBBFC0

accent

#A1AF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968D8A

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

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