#969896#969896

#969896 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.004 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969896
RGB	rgb(150, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -1.11, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 1.37, 144.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0031 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.004 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3100, 31.1425, 33.3152)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969896 #989698

analogous

#979896 #969896 #969897

triadic

#969896 #969698 #989696

tetradic

#969896 #969798 #989698 #989796

square

#969896 #969798 #989698 #989796

split-complementary

#969896 #979698 #989697

monochromatic

#595B59 #777A77 #969896 #B5B6B5 #D4D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#969896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#969896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969896

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969896	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.004 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b6b4',
    500: '#969896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969896;
$custom-light: #b4b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67741,
    "c": 0.0037,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969896

secondary

#C5C5C5

accent

#7EAAAA

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969896

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

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