#968E96#968E96

#968E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.015 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E96
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 4.49, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 5.50, 324.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0123 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.015 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7549, 28.0322, 32.7968)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E96 #8E968E

analogous

#928E96 #968E96 #968E92

triadic

#968E96 #96968E #8E9696

tetradic

#968E96 #96928E #8E968E #8E9296

square

#968E96 #96928E #8E968E #8E9296

split-complementary

#968E96 #92968E #8E9692

monochromatic

#585258 #786F78 #968E96 #B3AEB3 #D1CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#968E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#968E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E96

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E96	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.015 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afb4',
    500: '#968e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e96;
$custom-light: #b4afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.67,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65615,
    "c": 0.01492,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E96

secondary

#BEC2BE

accent

#AD7B7B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E96

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

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