#989696#989696

#989696 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.002 H 17.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989696
RGB	rgb(152, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 0.73, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 0.77, 19.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0022 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.002 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3594, 30.6902, 33.2253)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989696 #969898

analogous

#989697 #989696 #989796

triadic

#989696 #969896 #969698

tetradic

#989696 #979896 #969898 #979698

square

#989696 #979896 #969898 #979698

split-complementary

#989696 #969897 #969798

monochromatic

#5B5959 #7A7777 #989696 #B6B5B5 #D5D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#989696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#989696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989696

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989696	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.002 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4b4',
    500: '#989696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989696;
$custom-light: #b6b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6748,
    "c": 0.00234,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989696

secondary

#C5C5C5

accent

#AAAA7E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989696

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

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