#968E8A#968E8A

#968E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.011 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E8A
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(20, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(20, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 8%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 2.23, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 3.89, 55.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0075 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.011 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8376, 27.6653, 27.9660)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E8A #8A9296

analogous

#968A8C #968E8A #96948A

triadic

#968E8A #8A968E #8E8A96

tetradic

#968E8A #8C968A #8A9296 #948A96

square

#968E8A #8C968A #8A9296 #948A96

split-complementary

#968E8A #8A9694 #8A8C96

monochromatic

#57514E #786F6B #968E8A #B3ADAA #D0CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#968E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#968E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E8A	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.011 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afac',
    500: '#968e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e8a;
$custom-light: #b4afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65245,
    "c": 0.01125,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E8A

secondary

#BBBFC0

accent

#9DAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E8A

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

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