#96A596#96A596

#96A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.027 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96A596
RGB	rgb(150, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(120, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(120, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -8.21, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 10.15, 143.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0225 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.027 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5367, 35.5960, 34.0575)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#96A596 #A596A5

analogous

#9EA596 #96A596 #96A59E

triadic

#96A596 #9696A5 #A59696

tetradic

#96A596 #969EA5 #A596A5 #A59E96

square

#96A596 #969EA5 #A596A5 #A59E96

split-complementary

#96A596 #9E96A5 #A5969E

monochromatic

#596859 #758975 #96A596 #B7C1B7 #D8DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#96A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#96A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96A596

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96A596	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.027 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bfb4',
    500: '#96a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96a596;
$custom-light: #b5bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7057,
    "c": 0.02736,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96A596

secondary

#CEC9CE

accent

#549292

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #96A596

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

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