#978B95#978B95

#978B95 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.020 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B95
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(310, 5%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(310, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 1.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 6.36, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 7.35, 329.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0178 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.02 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4192, 27.2147, 32.2365)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B95 #8B978D

analogous

#938B97 #978B95 #978B8F

triadic

#978B95 #95978B #8B9597

tetradic

#978B95 #97938B #8B978D #8B8F97

square

#978B95 #97938B #8B978D #8B8F97

split-complementary

#978B95 #8F978B #8B9793

monochromatic

#584F57 #796C77 #978B95 #B4ABB2 #D1CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#978B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#978B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B95

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B95	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.020 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5acb4',
    500: '#978b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b95;
$custom-light: #b5acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65044,
    "c": 0.02027,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B95

secondary

#BCC1BD

accent

#AF8279

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B95

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