#899797#899797

#899797 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.016 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899797
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -4.99, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 5.27, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0154 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.016 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9678, 29.6855, 33.5812)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899797 #978989

analogous

#899790 #899797 #899097

triadic

#899797 #978997 #979789

tetradic

#899797 #908997 #978989 #909789

square

#899797 #908997 #978989 #909789

split-complementary

#899797 #978990 #979089

monochromatic

#4E5858 #6A7979 #899797 #AAB4B4 #CAD0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#899797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#899797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899797

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899797	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.016 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb5b5',
    500: '#899797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899797;
$custom-light: #abb5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.306,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6652,
    "c": 0.01607,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899797

secondary

#C1BBBB

accent

#7878AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #899797

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

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