#98989C#98989C

#98989C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.006 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98989C
RGB	rgb(152, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 0.78, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 2.24, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0016 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.006 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1768, 31.5321, 35.9426)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98989C #9C9C98

analogous

#989A9C #98989C #9A989C

triadic

#98989C #9C9898 #989C98

tetradic

#98989C #9C989A #9C9C98 #989C9A

square

#98989C #9C989A #9C9C98 #989C9A

split-complementary

#98989C #9C9A98 #9A9C98

monochromatic

#5B5B5F #79797E #98989C #B7B7BA #D6D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#98989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#98989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98989C

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98989C	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.006 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6b9',
    500: '#98989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98989c;
$custom-light: #b6b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.98,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68092,
    "c": 0.0058,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98989C

secondary

#C9C9C7

accent

#8C5A8C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #98989C

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

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