#978E8A#978E8A

#978E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.012 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E8A
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(18, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 2.60, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 4.22, 51.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0086 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.012 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0225, 27.7606, 27.9746)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E8A #8A9397

analogous

#978A8D #978E8A #97958A

triadic

#978E8A #8A978E #8E8A97

tetradic

#978E8A #8D978A #8A9397 #958A97

square

#978E8A #8D978A #8A9397 #958A97

split-complementary

#978E8A #8A9795 #8A8D97

monochromatic

#58514E #796F6B #978E8A #B4ADAA #D1CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#978E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#978E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E8A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E8A	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)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.012 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afac',
    500: '#978e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e8a;
$custom-light: #b5afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.01229,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E8A

secondary

#BCBFC1

accent

#9EAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E8A

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

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