#9896A2#9896A2

#9896A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.018 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9896A2
RGB	rgb(152, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(250, 6%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 3.10, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 6.77, 297.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.007 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.018 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3756, 31.0967, 38.5774)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9896A2 #A0A296

analogous

#969AA2 #9896A2 #9E96A2

triadic

#9896A2 #A29896 #96A298

tetradic

#9896A2 #A2969A #A0A296 #96A29E

square

#9896A2 #A2969A #A0A296 #96A29E

split-complementary

#9896A2 #A29E96 #9AA296

monochromatic

#5B5965 #787685 #9896A2 #B8B6BF #D8D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9896A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9896A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9896A2

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9896A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9896A2	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9896a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.018 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4bd',
    500: '#9896a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9896a2;
$custom-light: #b6b4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9896a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 6.061,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67864,
    "c": 0.01758,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9896A2

secondary

#CBCCC8

accent

#905686

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9896A2

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

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