#968E9E#968E9E

#968E9E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.025 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E9E
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 6.09, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 9.57, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0155 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.025 308)
XYZ	xyz(28.4212, 28.2987, 36.3060)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E9E #969E8E

analogous

#8E8E9E #968E9E #9E8E9E

triadic

#968E9E #9E968E #8E9E96

tetradic

#968E9E #9E8E8E #969E8E #8E9E9E

square

#968E9E #9E8E8E #969E8E #8E9E9E

split-complementary

#968E9E #9E9E8E #8E9E8E

monochromatic

#595260 #776E80 #968E9E #B5AFBA #D3D0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#968E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#968E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E9E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E9E	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D919D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.025 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4afba',
    500: '#968e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e9e;
$custom-light: #b4afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 7.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65882,
    "c": 0.02508,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.28299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E9E

secondary

#C4C7C1

accent

#B17794

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E9E

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

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