#968E8D#968E8D

#968E8D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.010 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E8D
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(7, 4%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 6%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 6%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 2.77, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 3.20, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0087 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.01 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0578, 27.7534, 29.1257)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E8D #8D9596

analogous

#968D91 #968E8D #96938D

triadic

#968E8D #8D968E #8E8D96

tetradic

#968E8D #91968D #8D9596 #938D96

square

#968E8D #91968D #8D9596 #938D96

split-complementary

#968E8D #8D9693 #8D9196

monochromatic

#585251 #786F6E #968E8D #B3AEAD #D1CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#968E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#968E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E8D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E8D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.010 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afae',
    500: '#968e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e8d;
$custom-light: #b4afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 4.11,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.00967,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E8D

secondary

#BEC1C1

accent

#A8AD7B

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E8D

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

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