#969E8E#969E8E

#969E8E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.025 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969E8E
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(90, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(90, 10%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -5.90, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 9.45, 128.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0155 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.025 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6862, 32.8907, 30.3705)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969E8E #968E9E

analogous

#9E9E8E #969E8E #8E9E8E

triadic

#969E8E #8E969E #9E8E96

tetradic

#969E8E #8E9E9E #968E9E #9E8E8E

square

#969E8E #8E9E9E #968E9E #9E8E8E

split-complementary

#969E8E #8E8E9E #9E8E9E

monochromatic

#596052 #77806E #969E8E #B5BAAF #D3D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#969E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#969E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969E8E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969E8E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.025 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4baaf',
    500: '#969e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969e8e;
$custom-light: #b4baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 7.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.02468,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969E8E

secondary

#C4C1C7

accent

#77B194

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #969E8E

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

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