#97898E#97898E

#97898E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.018 H 354.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97898E
RGB	rgb(151, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(339, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(339, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 6.16, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 6.21, 352.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0181 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.018 354)
XYZ	xyz(26.5901, 26.4240, 29.2855)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97898E #899792

analogous

#978995 #97898E #978B89

triadic

#97898E #8E9789 #898E97

tetradic

#97898E #959789 #899792 #8B8997

square

#97898E #959789 #899792 #8B8997

split-complementary

#97898E #89978B #899597

monochromatic

#584E51 #796A6F #97898E #B4AAAD #D0CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#97898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#97898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #97898E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97898E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.018 354.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5abaf',
    500: '#97898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97898e;
$custom-light: #b5abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.571,
    "s": 6.306,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64404,
    "c": 0.01824,
    "h": 354
  },
  "luminance": 0.26424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97898E

secondary

#BBC1BF

accent

#AF9C78

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #97898E

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

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