#979EA2#979EA2

#979EA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.010 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979EA2
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(202, 6%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -1.70, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 3.40, 240.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0061 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.01 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5096, 33.6414, 39.0088)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979EA2 #A29B97

analogous

#97A2A1 #979EA2 #9799A2

triadic

#979EA2 #A2979E #9EA297

tetradic

#979EA2 #A197A2 #A29B97 #99A297

square

#979EA2 #A197A2 #A29B97 #99A297

split-complementary

#979EA2 #A29799 #A2A197

monochromatic

#5A6165 #778085 #979EA2 #B7BCBF #D8DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#979EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#979EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979EA2

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979EA2	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.010 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5babd',
    500: '#979ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979ea2;
$custom-light: #b5babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 5.584,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69483,
    "c": 0.00997,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979EA2

secondary

#CCCAC8

accent

#6B568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #979EA2

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

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