#979997#979997

#979997 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979997
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -1.11, 0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 1.36, 144.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.003 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7387, 31.5961, 33.8041)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979997 #999799

analogous

#989997 #979997 #979998

triadic

#979997 #979799 #999797

tetradic

#979997 #979899 #999799 #999897

square

#979997 #979899 #999799 #999897

split-complementary

#979997 #989799 #999798

monochromatic

#5A5C5A #787B78 #979997 #B6B7B6 #D5D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#979997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979997

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979997	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7b5',
    500: '#979997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979997;
$custom-light: #b5b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.971,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.00369,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979997

secondary

#C6C6C6

accent

#7EAAAA

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #979997

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

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