#969697#969697

#969697 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.001 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969697
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(240, 0%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 0.19, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 0.56, 290.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0004 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.001 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0690, 30.5311, 33.6338)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969697 #979796

analogous

#969797 #969697 #979697

triadic

#969697 #979696 #969796

tetradic

#969697 #979697 #979796 #969797

square

#969697 #979697 #979796 #969797

split-complementary

#969697 #979796 #979796

monochromatic

#59595A #777778 #969697 #B5B5B5 #D3D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#969697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#969697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969697

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969697	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.001 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4b5',
    500: '#969697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969697;
$custom-light: #b4b4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.478,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67343,
    "c": 0.00145,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969697

secondary

#C5C5C4

accent

#AA7EAA

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969697

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

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