#969899#969899

#969899 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.003 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969899
RGB	rgb(150, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(200, 1%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 2%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -0.53, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 0.94, 235.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0018 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.003 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5547, 31.2403, 34.6038)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#969899 #999796

analogous

#969999 #969899 #969799

triadic

#969899 #999698 #989996

tetradic

#969899 #999699 #999796 #979996

square

#969899 #999699 #999796 #979996

split-complementary

#969899 #999697 #999996

monochromatic

#595B5C #77797B #969899 #B5B6B7 #D4D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#969899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#969899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969899

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969899	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.003 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b6b7',
    500: '#969899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969899;
$custom-light: #b4b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67833,
    "c": 0.00276,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969899

secondary

#C6C5C5

accent

#8C7DAB

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969899

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

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