#988C8A#988C8A

#988C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.015 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988C8A
RGB	rgb(152, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(9, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 9.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 4.11, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 4.91, 33.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0129 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.015 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9140, 27.2669, 27.8851)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988C8A #8A9698

analogous

#988A8F #988C8A #98938A

triadic

#988C8A #8A988C #8C8A98

tetradic

#988C8A #8F988A #8A9698 #938A98

square

#988C8A #8F988A #8A9698 #938A98

split-complementary

#988C8A #8A9893 #8A8F98

monochromatic

#59504E #7A6D6B #988C8A #B5ACAB #D1CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#988C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#988C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988C8A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988C8A	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.015 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6adac',
    500: '#988c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988c8a;
$custom-light: #b6adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65001,
    "c": 0.01475,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988C8A

secondary

#BCC1C2

accent

#A8AF78

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #988C8A

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

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