#989596#989596

#989596 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.004 H 354.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989596
RGB	rgb(152, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(340, 1%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(340, 2%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 1.29, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 1.29, 353.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0038 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.004 354.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2005, 30.3724, 33.1724)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989596 #959897

analogous

#989598 #989596 #989695

triadic

#989596 #969895 #959698

tetradic

#989596 #989895 #959897 #969598

square

#989596 #989895 #959897 #969598

split-complementary

#989596 #959896 #959898

monochromatic

#5B5859 #7A7677 #989596 #B6B4B5 #D4D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#989596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#989596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989596

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989596	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.004 354.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4b4',
    500: '#989596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989596;
$custom-light: #b6b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 1.435,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67268,
    "c": 0.0038,
    "h": 354.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989596

secondary

#C4C5C5

accent

#AB9C7D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989596

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

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