#968A8D

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(64.5% 0.015 0.5), rgb(150, 138, 141).

Black text reads best on this color (6.31:1).

About this color

#968A8D is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 64%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.013 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.31:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (64%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.31:1
White text	3.32:1

Values

HEX	#968A8D
RGB	rgb(150, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(345, 5%, 56%)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.015 0.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #968A8D	3.32:1	AA large text	Lc -66.1	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #968A8D	6.31:1	AA	Lc 43.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#968A8D text on white	3.32:1	AA large text	Lc 60.7	Content text, not long reading
#968A8D text on black	6.31:1	AA	Lc -41.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EBE9EA

oklch(93.6% 0.003 345.2)
Step 200
200

#DBD8D9

oklch(88.5% 0.004 354.7)
Step 300
300

#C5BFC0

oklch(81% 0.007 5.7)
Step 400
400

#A79EA0

oklch(70.7% 0.011 2.1)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#968A8D

oklch(64.5% 0.015 0.5)
Step 600
600

#7C7073

oklch(55.7% 0.016 0.6)
Step 700
700

#695D60

oklch(49.1% 0.016 0.8)
Step 800
800

#554C4E

oklch(42.6% 0.012 2.5)
Step 900
900

#463F41

oklch(37.5% 0.01 358.3)
Step 950
950

#292526

oklch(26.9% 0.006 0.5)

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#968A8D with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8B8C8D	0.017
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#8E8E8D	0.016
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#98898B	0.004
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8D8D8D	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #968A8D, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #968A8D in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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