#9896A4#9896A4

#9896A4 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.020 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9896A4
RGB	rgb(152, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(249, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 3.51, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 7.89, 296.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0078 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.02 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5548, 31.1683, 39.5211)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9896A4 #A2A496

analogous

#969BA4 #9896A4 #9F96A4

triadic

#9896A4 #A49896 #96A498

tetradic

#9896A4 #A4969B #A2A496 #96A49F

square

#9896A4 #A4969B #A2A496 #96A49F

split-complementary

#9896A4 #A49F96 #9BA496

monochromatic

#5B5967 #787587 #9896A4 #B8B7C0 #D8D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9896A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9896A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9896A4

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9896A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9896A4	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9896a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.020 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4bf',
    500: '#9896a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9896a4;
$custom-light: #b6b4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9896a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67931,
    "c": 0.02048,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9896A4

secondary

#CDCEC8

accent

#915488

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9896A4

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

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