#968E8E#968E8E

#968E8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.010 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E8E
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 5.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 2.96, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 3.14, 19.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0091 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.01 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1325, 27.7833, 29.5193)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E8E #8E9696

analogous

#968E92 #968E8E #96928E

triadic

#968E8E #8E968E #8E8E96

tetradic

#968E8E #92968E #8E9696 #928E96

square

#968E8E #92968E #8E9696 #928E96

split-complementary

#968E8E #8E9692 #8E9296

monochromatic

#585252 #786F6F #968E8E #B3AEAE #D1CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#968E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#968E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E8E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E8E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.010 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afaf',
    500: '#968e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e8e;
$custom-light: #b4afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.67,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65364,
    "c": 0.00954,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E8E

secondary

#BEC2C2

accent

#ADAD7B

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E8E

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

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