#988E8A#988E8A

#988E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.013 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#988E8A
RGB	rgb(152, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(17, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 9.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 2.98, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 4.57, 49.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0097 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.013 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2089, 27.8567, 27.9834)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#988E8A #8A9498

analogous

#988A8D #988E8A #98958A

triadic

#988E8A #8A988E #8E8A98

tetradic

#988E8A #8D988A #8A9498 #958A98

square

#988E8A #8D988A #8A9498 #958A98

split-complementary

#988E8A #8A9895 #8A8D98

monochromatic

#59524E #7A6F6B #988E8A #B5ADAB #D1CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#988E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#988E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #988E8A

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##988E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##988E8A	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #988e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.013 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6afac',
    500: '#988e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #988e8a;
$custom-light: #b6afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#988e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65423,
    "c": 0.01336,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#988E8A

secondary

#BCC0C2

accent

#A0AF78

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #988E8A

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

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