#978E89#978E89

#978E89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.013 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E89
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(21, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 9.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 2.42, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 4.55, 57.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0082 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.013 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9504, 27.7318, 27.5951)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E89 #899297

analogous

#97898B #978E89 #979589

triadic

#978E89 #89978E #8E8997

tetradic

#978E89 #8B9789 #899297 #958997

square

#978E89 #8B9789 #899297 #958997

split-complementary

#978E89 #899795 #898B97

monochromatic

#58514E #796F6A #978E89 #B4ADAA #D0CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#978E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#978E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E89

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E89	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.013 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afab',
    500: '#978e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e89;
$custom-light: #b5afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 6.306,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65304,
    "c": 0.01306,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E89

secondary

#BBBFC1

accent

#9CAF78

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E89

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

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