#969E96#969E96

#969E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.015 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969E96
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -4.41, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 5.44, 144.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0121 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.015 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3086, 33.1396, 33.6481)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969E96 #9E969E

analogous

#9A9E96 #969E96 #969E9A

triadic

#969E96 #96969E #9E9696

tetradic

#969E96 #969A9E #9E969E #9E9A96

square

#969E96 #969A9E #9E969E #9E9A96

split-complementary

#969E96 #9A969E #9E969A

monochromatic

#596059 #778077 #969E96 #B6BBB6 #D6D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#969E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#969E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969E96

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969E96	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.015 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4bab4',
    500: '#969e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969e96;
$custom-light: #b4bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.96,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69038,
    "c": 0.0147,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969E96

secondary

#C9C6C9

accent

#588E8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #969E96

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

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