#98969E#98969E

#98969E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.012 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98969E
RGB	rgb(152, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 4%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(255, 5%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 2.29, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 4.55, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0055 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.012 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0257, 30.9567, 36.7345)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98969E #9C9E96

analogous

#96989E #98969E #9C969E

triadic

#98969E #9E9896 #969E98

tetradic

#98969E #9E9698 #9C9E96 #969E9C

square

#98969E #9E9698 #9C9E96 #969E9C

split-complementary

#98969E #9E9C96 #989E96

monochromatic

#5B5960 #797780 #98969E #B7B6BB #D6D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#98969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#98969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98969E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98969E	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.012 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b4ba',
    500: '#98969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98969e;
$custom-light: #b6b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 3.96,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67732,
    "c": 0.01183,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98969E

secondary

#C9C9C6

accent

#8E5880

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #98969E

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

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