#989898#989898

#989898 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989898
RGB	rgb(152, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 0.00, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(29.8437, 31.3989, 34.1880)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989898 #989898

analogous

#989898 #989898 #989898

triadic

#989898 #989898 #989898

tetradic

#989898 #989898 #989898 #989898

square

#989898 #989898 #989898 #989898

split-complementary

#989898 #989898 #989898

monochromatic

#5B5B5B #797979 #989898 #B7B7B7 #D5D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#989898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#989898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989898

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989898	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6b6',
    500: '#989898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989898;
$custom-light: #b6b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67968,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.31399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989898

secondary

#C6C6C6

accent

#A9A97E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989898

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

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