#978E99#978E99

#978E99 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.019 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E99
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(289, 5%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 7%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 5.44, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 7.14, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0147 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.019 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1844, 28.2254, 34.0941)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E99 #90998E

analogous

#918E99 #978E99 #998E95

triadic

#978E99 #99978E #8E9997

tetradic

#978E99 #99918E #90998E #8E9599

square

#978E99 #99918E #90998E #8E9599

split-complementary

#978E99 #95998E #8E9991

monochromatic

#59525B #796F7B #978E99 #B5AEB6 #D2CED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#978E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#978E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E99

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E99	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.019 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afb7',
    500: '#978e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e99;
$custom-light: #b5afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 5.116,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65801,
    "c": 0.01912,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E99

secondary

#C0C4BF

accent

#AE7A83

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E99

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

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