#978C8F#978C8F

#978C8F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.014 H 359.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C8F
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(344, 5%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(344, 7%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 4.65, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 4.65, 358.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0138 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.014 359)
XYZ	xyz(27.0979, 27.3190, 29.8268)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C8F #8C9794

analogous

#978C95 #978C8F #978F8C

triadic

#978C8F #8F978C #8C8F97

tetradic

#978C8F #95978C #8C9794 #8F8C97

square

#978C8F #95978C #8C9794 #8F8C97

split-complementary

#978C8F #8C978F #8C9597

monochromatic

#595052 #796D70 #978C8F #B4ACAE #D1CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#978C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#978C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C8F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C8F	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.014 359.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5adaf',
    500: '#978c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c8f;
$custom-light: #b5adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.636,
    "s": 5.023,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65062,
    "c": 0.0138,
    "h": 359
  },
  "luminance": 0.27319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C8F

secondary

#BDC2C0

accent

#AEA07A

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C8F

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

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