#96969C#96969C

#96969C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96969C
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 1.18, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 3.36, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0024 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4837, 30.6970, 35.8179)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96969C #9C9C96

analogous

#96999C #96969C #99969C

triadic

#96969C #9C9696 #969C96

tetradic

#96969C #9C9699 #9C9C96 #969C99

square

#96969C #9C9699 #9C9C96 #969C99

split-complementary

#96969C #9C9996 #999C96

monochromatic

#59595E #77777E #96969C #B6B6BA #D5D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#96969C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#96969C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96969C

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96969C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96969C	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96969c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b4b9',
    500: '#96969c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96969c;
$custom-light: #b4b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96969c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.00873,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96969C

secondary

#C8C8C6

accent

#AC7CAC

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #96969C

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

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