#96989E#96989E

#96989E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96989E
RGB	rgb(150, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(225, 4%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 5%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 0.47, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 3.43, 277.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0002 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9763, 31.4090, 36.8244)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96989E #9E9C96

analogous

#969C9E #96989E #98969E

triadic

#96989E #9E9698 #989E96

tetradic

#96989E #9E969C #9E9C96 #969E98

square

#96989E #9E969C #9E9C96 #969E98

split-complementary

#96989E #9E9896 #9C9E96

monochromatic

#595B60 #777980 #96989E #B6B7BB #D6D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#96989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#96989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96989E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96989E	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b6ba',
    500: '#96989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96989e;
$custom-light: #b4b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 3.96,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67991,
    "c": 0.00906,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96989E

secondary

#C9C9C6

accent

#80588E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #96989E

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

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