#979FA2#979FA2

#979FA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.010 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979FA2
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 6%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -2.25, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 3.40, 228.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0076 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.01 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6809, 33.9839, 39.0659)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979FA2 #A29A97

analogous

#97A2A0 #979FA2 #979AA2

triadic

#979FA2 #A2979F #9FA297

tetradic

#979FA2 #A097A2 #A29A97 #9AA297

square

#979FA2 #A097A2 #A29A97 #9AA297

split-complementary

#979FA2 #A2979A #A2A097

monochromatic

#5A6265 #778185 #979FA2 #B7BDBF #D8DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#979FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#979FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979FA2

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979FA2	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.010 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5bbbd',
    500: '#979fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979fa2;
$custom-light: #b5bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 5.584,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69698,
    "c": 0.01019,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979FA2

secondary

#CCC9C8

accent

#66568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #979FA2

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

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