#969EA5#969EA5

#969EA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.014 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EA5
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(208, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -1.43, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 4.84, 252.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.006 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.014 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5946, 33.6540, 40.4213)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EA5 #A59D96

analogous

#96A5A5 #969EA5 #9697A5

triadic

#969EA5 #A5969E #9EA596

tetradic

#969EA5 #A596A5 #A59D96 #97A596

square

#969EA5 #A596A5 #A59D96 #97A596

split-complementary

#969EA5 #A59697 #A5A596

monochromatic

#596168 #758089 #969EA5 #B7BCC1 #D8DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#969EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#969EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EA5

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EA5	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.014 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4babf',
    500: '#969ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ea5;
$custom-light: #b4babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69501,
    "c": 0.01377,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EA5

secondary

#CECBC9

accent

#715492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EA5

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

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