#969EA1#969EA1

#969EA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.010 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EA1
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(196, 6%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 7%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -2.25, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 3.40, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0076 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.01 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2362, 33.5107, 38.5339)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EA1 #A19996

analogous

#96A19E #969EA1 #9698A1

triadic

#969EA1 #A1969E #9EA196

tetradic

#969EA1 #9E96A1 #A19996 #98A196

square

#969EA1 #9E96A1 #A19996 #98A196

split-complementary

#969EA1 #A19698 #A19E96

monochromatic

#596164 #768084 #969EA1 #B6BCBE #D7DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#969EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#969EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EA1

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EA1	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.010 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4babc',
    500: '#969ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ea1;
$custom-light: #b4babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 5.528,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.0102,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EA1

secondary

#CBC8C7

accent

#66568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EA1

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

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