#978E97#978E97

#978E97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.017 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E97
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 5.05, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 6.18, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0139 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.017 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0206, 28.1599, 33.2314)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E97 #8E978E

analogous

#938E97 #978E97 #978E93

triadic

#978E97 #97978E #8E9797

tetradic

#978E97 #97938E #8E978E #8E9397

square

#978E97 #97938E #8E978E #8E9397

split-complementary

#978E97 #93978E #8E9793

monochromatic

#595259 #796F79 #978E97 #B4AEB4 #D2CED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#978E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#978E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E97

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E97	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.017 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afb5',
    500: '#978e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e97;
$custom-light: #b5afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.147,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65736,
    "c": 0.01678,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E97

secondary

#BFC2BF

accent

#AD7A7A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E97

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

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