#969496#969496

#969496 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.004 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969496
RGB	rgb(150, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 1.11, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 1.37, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0031 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.004 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6717, 29.8659, 33.1025)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969496 #949694

analogous

#959496 #969496 #969495

triadic

#969496 #969694 #949696

tetradic

#969496 #969594 #949694 #949596

square

#969496 #969594 #949694 #949596

split-complementary

#969496 #959694 #949695

monochromatic

#595759 #787578 #969496 #B4B3B4 #D3D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#969496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#969496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #969496

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969496	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.004 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b3b4',
    500: '#969496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969496;
$custom-light: #b4b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.943,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.00371,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969496

secondary

#C3C3C3

accent

#AA7E7E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969496

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

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