#968E96

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(65.6% 0.015 325.7), rgb(150, 142, 150).

Black text reads best on this color (6.60:1).

About this color

#968E96 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 66%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.025 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.60:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (66%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.60:1
White text	3.17:1

Values

HEX	#968E96
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 57%)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.015 325.7)

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 #968E96	3.17:1	AA large text	Lc -64.4	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #968E96	6.60:1	AA	Lc 45.1	Large or bold text, headings
#968E96 text on white	3.17:1	AA large text	Lc 59.0	Large or bold text, headings
#968E96 text on black	6.60:1	AA	Lc -42.8	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

#F6F5F6

oklch(97.1% 0.002 325.6)
Step 100
100

#EAE9EA

oklch(93.5% 0.002 325.6)
Step 200
200

#DAD8DA

oklch(88.4% 0.003 325.6)
Step 300
300

#C3BFC3

oklch(80.9% 0.007 325.6)
Step 400
400

#A59EA5

oklch(70.7% 0.013 325.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#968E96

oklch(65.6% 0.015 325.7)
Step 600
600

#787078

oklch(55.5% 0.016 325.8)
Step 700
700

#655E65

oklch(49.1% 0.014 325.8)
Step 800
800

#534D53

oklch(42.8% 0.012 325.8)
Step 900
900

#444044

oklch(37.7% 0.009 325.7)
Step 950
950

#282528

oklch(26.9% 0.007 325.8)

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#968E96 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)	#8E9096	0.012
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#8F9196	0.013
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#978F91	0.009
Achromatopsia (no color)	#909090	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 #968E96, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #968E96 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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