#969C8E#969C8E

#969C8E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.021 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969C8E
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(86, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 9%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -4.81, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 8.16, 126.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0125 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.021 126)
XYZ	xyz(29.3479, 32.2139, 30.2577)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969C8E #948E9C

analogous

#9C9B8E #969C8E #8F9C8E

triadic

#969C8E #8E969C #9C8E96

tetradic

#969C8E #8E9C9B #948E9C #9C8E8F

square

#969C8E #8E9C9B #948E9C #9C8E8F

split-complementary

#969C8E #8E8F9C #9B8E9C

monochromatic

#595E52 #787E6F #969C8E #B4B9AF #D3D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#969C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#969C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969C8E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969C8E	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.021 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b9af',
    500: '#969c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969c8e;
$custom-light: #b4b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 6.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.02124,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.32214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969C8E

secondary

#C3C0C6

accent

#78B090

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #969C8E

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

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