#969C96#969C96

#969C96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969C96
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -3.32, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 4.09, 144.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0091 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9702, 32.4628, 33.5353)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969C96 #9C969C

analogous

#999C96 #969C96 #969C99

triadic

#969C96 #96969C #9C9696

tetradic

#969C96 #96999C #9C969C #9C9996

square

#969C96 #96999C #9C969C #9C9996

split-complementary

#969C96 #99969C #9C9699

monochromatic

#595E59 #777E77 #969C96 #B6BAB6 #D5D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#969C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#969C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969C96

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969C96	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b9b4',
    500: '#969c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969c96;
$custom-light: #b4b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.01105,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969C96

secondary

#C8C6C8

accent

#7CACAC

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969C96

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

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