#978D8A#978D8A

#978D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.013 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D8A
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(14, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(14, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 3.17, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 4.32, 42.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0102 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.013 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8743, 27.4644, 27.9252)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D8A #8A9497

analogous

#978A8E #978D8A #97948A

triadic

#978D8A #8A978D #8D8A97

tetradic

#978D8A #8E978A #8A9497 #948A97

square

#978D8A #8E978A #8A9497 #948A97

split-complementary

#978D8A #8A9794 #8A8E97

monochromatic

#58514E #796E6B #978D8A #B4ADAA #D1CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#978D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#978D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D8A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D8A	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.013 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5aeac',
    500: '#978d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d8a;
$custom-light: #b5aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65122,
    "c": 0.0128,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D8A

secondary

#BCC0C1

accent

#A2AF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D8A

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

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