#978787#978787

#978787 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.019 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978787
RGB	rgb(151, 135, 135)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 10.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 6.02, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 6.41, 20.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0185 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.019 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7993, 25.6570, 26.5102)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978787 #879797

analogous

#97878F #978787 #978F87

triadic

#978787 #879787 #878797

tetradic

#978787 #8F9787 #879797 #8F8797

square

#978787 #8F9787 #879797 #8F8797

split-complementary

#978787 #87978F #878F97

monochromatic

#584C4C #786868 #978787 #B3A8A8 #D0C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#978787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#978787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978787

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978787	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 135, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.019 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aaa9',
    500: '#978787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978787;
$custom-light: #b5aaa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63772,
    "c": 0.0194,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978787

secondary

#BAC0C0

accent

#B0B078

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978787

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

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