#969698#969698

#969698 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.003 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969698
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 0.39, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 1.12, 290.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0008 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.003 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1505, 30.5637, 34.0633)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969698 #989896

analogous

#969798 #969698 #979698

triadic

#969698 #989696 #969896

tetradic

#969698 #989697 #989896 #969897

square

#969698 #989697 #989896 #969897

split-complementary

#969698 #989796 #979896

monochromatic

#59595B #77777A #969698 #B5B5B6 #D4D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#969698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#969698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969698

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969698	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	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)

#969698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.003 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4b6',
    500: '#969698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969698;
$custom-light: #b4b4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67374,
    "c": 0.00291,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969698

secondary

#C5C5C5

accent

#AA7EAA

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969698

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

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