#969A96#969A96

#969A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.007 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969A96
RGB	rgb(150, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -2.22, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 2.73, 144.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0061 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.007 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6373, 31.7972, 33.4243)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#969A96 #9A969A

analogous

#989A96 #969A96 #969A98

triadic

#969A96 #96969A #9A9696

tetradic

#969A96 #96989A #9A969A #9A9896

square

#969A96 #96989A #9A969A #9A9896

split-complementary

#969A96 #98969A #9A9698

monochromatic

#595D59 #777C77 #969A96 #B5B8B5 #D4D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#969A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#969A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969A96

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969A96	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.007 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7b4',
    500: '#969a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969a96;
$custom-light: #b4b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.942,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68172,
    "c": 0.00738,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969A96

secondary

#C7C5C7

accent

#7DABAB

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969A96

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

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