#978C8A#978C8A

#978C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.014 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C8A
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(9, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 3.73, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 4.51, 34.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0118 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.014 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7276, 27.1708, 27.8763)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C8A #8A9597

analogous

#978A8F #978C8A #97938A

triadic

#978C8A #8A978C #8C8A97

tetradic

#978C8A #8F978A #8A9597 #938A97

square

#978C8A #8F978A #8A9597 #938A97

split-complementary

#978C8A #8A9793 #8A8F97

monochromatic

#58504E #796D6B #978C8A #B4ACAA #D1CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#978C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#978C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C8A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C8A	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.014 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adac',
    500: '#978c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c8a;
$custom-light: #b5adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64911,
    "c": 0.01356,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C8A

secondary

#BCC0C1

accent

#A7AF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C8A

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

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