#969596#969596

#969596 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.002 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969596
RGB	rgb(150, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 0%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 0.56, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 0.68, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0015 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.002 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8292, 30.1810, 33.1550)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969596 #959695

analogous

#959596 #969596 #969595

triadic

#969596 #969695 #959696

tetradic

#969596 #969595 #959695 #959596

square

#969596 #969595 #959695 #959596

split-complementary

#969596 #959695 #959695

monochromatic

#595859 #777677 #969596 #B4B4B4 #D3D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#969596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#969596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969596

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969596	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.002 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4b4',
    500: '#969596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969596;
$custom-light: #b4b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.474,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.00186,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969596

secondary

#C3C4C3

accent

#AA7E7E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969596

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

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