#96989C#96989C

#96989C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96989C
RGB	rgb(150, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(220, 3%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 4%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 0.07, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 2.35, 271.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0006 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8056, 31.3407, 35.9252)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96989C #9C9A96

analogous

#969B9C #96989C #97969C

triadic

#96989C #9C9698 #989C96

tetradic

#96989C #9C969B #9C9A96 #969C97

square

#96989C #9C969B #9C9A96 #969C97

split-complementary

#96989C #9C9796 #9B9C96

monochromatic

#595B5E #77797E #96989C #B6B7BA #D5D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#96989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#96989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96989C

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96989C	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b6b9',
    500: '#96989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96989c;
$custom-light: #b4b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67927,
    "c": 0.00629,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96989C

secondary

#C8C7C6

accent

#9C7CAC

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #96989C

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

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