#978596#978596

#978596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.033 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978596
RGB	rgb(151, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(303, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 9.97, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 11.94, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0276 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.033 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6543, 25.5567, 32.3770)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978596 #859786

analogous

#8F8597 #978596 #97858D

triadic

#978596 #969785 #859697

tetradic

#978596 #978F85 #859786 #858D97

square

#978596 #978F85 #859786 #858D97

split-complementary

#978596 #8D9785 #85978F

monochromatic

#574A57 #786777 #978596 #B3A6B2 #CFC7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#978596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978596

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978596	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.033 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a8b4',
    500: '#978596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978596;
$custom-light: #b5a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 7.965,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978596

secondary

#B8C0B9

accent

#B17A77

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978596

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

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