#978F8A#978F8A

#978F8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.012 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F8A
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 2.04, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 4.24, 61.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.007 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.012 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1719, 28.0595, 28.0244)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F8A #8A9297

analogous

#978A8C #978F8A #97968A

triadic

#978F8A #8A978F #8F8A97

tetradic

#978F8A #8C978A #8A9297 #968A97

square

#978F8A #8C978A #8A9297 #968A97

split-complementary

#978F8A #8A9796 #8A8C97

monochromatic

#58524E #79706B #978F8A #B4AEAA #D1CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#978F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#978F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F8A	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.012 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5afac',
    500: '#978f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f8a;
$custom-light: #b5afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65546,
    "c": 0.01205,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F8A

secondary

#BCBFC1

accent

#9AAF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F8A

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