#978686#978686

#978686 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.021 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978686
RGB	rgb(151, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 11.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 6.41, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 6.83, 20.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0197 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.021 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5904, 25.3513, 26.0949)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978686 #869797

analogous

#97868E #978686 #978E86

triadic

#978686 #869786 #868697

tetradic

#978686 #8E9786 #869797 #8E8697

square

#978686 #8E9786 #869797 #8E8697

split-complementary

#978686 #86978E #868E97

monochromatic

#574B4B #786767 #978686 #B3A7A7 #D0C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#978686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978686

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978686	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.021 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a9a9',
    500: '#978686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978686;
$custom-light: #b5a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.02066,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978686

secondary

#B9C0C0

accent

#B1B177

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#110F0F

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978686

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

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