#969688#969688

#969688 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.020 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969688
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 136)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -2.59, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 7.83, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0059 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.02 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9274, 30.0744, 27.6215)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969688 #888896

analogous

#968F88 #969688 #8F9688

triadic

#969688 #889696 #968896

tetradic

#969688 #88968F #888896 #96888F

square

#969688 #88968F #888896 #96888F

split-complementary

#969688 #888F96 #8F8896

monochromatic

#57574D #777769 #969688 #B3B3A9 #CFCFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#969688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#969688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969688

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969688	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.020 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4aa',
    500: '#969688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969688;
$custom-light: #b4b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.02014,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969688

secondary

#BABAC0

accent

#78AF78

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #969688

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

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