#978697#978697

#978697 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.032 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978697
RGB	rgb(151, 134, 151)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 9.60, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 11.71, 325.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0264 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.032 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8728, 25.8642, 32.8488)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978697 #869786

analogous

#8E8697 #978697 #97868E

triadic

#978697 #979786 #869797

tetradic

#978697 #978E86 #869786 #868E97

square

#978697 #978E86 #869786 #868E97

split-complementary

#978697 #8E9786 #86978E

monochromatic

#574B57 #786778 #978697 #B3A7B3 #D0C8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#978697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#978697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978697

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978697	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 134, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.032 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5a9b5',
    500: '#978697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978697;
$custom-light: #b5a9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64079,
    "c": 0.03189,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978697

secondary

#B9C0B9

accent

#B17777

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978697

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