#978A8A#978A8A

#978A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.016 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A8A
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 4.86, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 5.17, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0149 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.016 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4380, 26.5917, 27.7798)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A8A #8A9797

analogous

#978A91 #978A8A #97918A

triadic

#978A8A #8A978A #8A8A97

tetradic

#978A8A #91978A #8A9797 #918A97

square

#978A8A #91978A #8A9797 #918A97

split-complementary

#978A8A #8A9791 #8A9197

monochromatic

#584E4E #796B6B #978A8A #B4AAAA #D1CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#978A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#978A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A8A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A8A	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.016 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acac',
    500: '#978a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a8a;
$custom-light: #b5acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6449,
    "c": 0.01565,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A8A

secondary

#BCC1C1

accent

#AFAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A8A

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