#989888#989888

#989888 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.023 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989888
RGB	rgb(152, 152, 136)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.5%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -2.93, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 8.92, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0067 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.023 107)
XYZ	xyz(28.6205, 30.9096, 27.7462)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989888 #888898

analogous

#989088 #989888 #909888

triadic

#989888 #889898 #988898

tetradic

#989888 #889890 #888898 #988890

square

#989888 #889890 #888898 #988890

split-complementary

#989888 #889098 #908898

monochromatic

#59594D #7A7A69 #989888 #B4B4A9 #D1D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#989888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#989888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989888

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989888	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 152, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.023 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6aa',
    500: '#989888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989888;
$custom-light: #b6b6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.207,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67508,
    "c": 0.02293,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.30909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989888

secondary

#BBBBC1

accent

#78B078

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #989888

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

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