#969EA6#969EA6

#969EA6 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.015 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969EA6
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(210, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(210, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -1.22, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 5.29, 256.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0056 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.015 248)
XYZ	xyz(31.6860, 33.6906, 40.9026)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969EA6 #A69E96

analogous

#96A6A6 #969EA6 #9696A6

triadic

#969EA6 #A6969E #9EA696

tetradic

#969EA6 #A696A6 #A69E96 #96A696

square

#969EA6 #A696A6 #A69E96 #96A696

split-complementary

#969EA6 #A69696 #A6A696

monochromatic

#596169 #757F8A #969EA6 #B7BDC2 #D8DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#969EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#969EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969EA6

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969EA6	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.015 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bac0',
    500: '#969ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969ea6;
$custom-light: #b5bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69533,
    "c": 0.01489,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.33691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969EA6

secondary

#CFCCC9

accent

#735392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #969EA6

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

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