#968E8C#968E8C

#968E8C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E8C
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(12, 5%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 7%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 6.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 2.59, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 3.35, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0083 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9837, 27.7238, 28.7356)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E8C #8C9496

analogous

#968C8F #968E8C #96938C

triadic

#968E8C #8C968E #8E8C96

tetradic

#968E8C #8F968C #8C9496 #938C96

square

#968E8C #8F968C #8C9496 #938C96

split-complementary

#968E8C #8C9693 #8C8F96

monochromatic

#585250 #786F6D #968E8C #B3ADAC #D0CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#968E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#968E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E8C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E8C	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afad',
    500: '#968e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e8c;
$custom-light: #b4afad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65304,
    "c": 0.01002,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E8C

secondary

#BDC0C1

accent

#A3AE7A

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E8C

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

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