#98989E#98989E

#98989E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.009 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98989E
RGB	rgb(152, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 1.18, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 3.35, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0024 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.009 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3476, 31.6004, 36.8418)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98989E #9E9E98

analogous

#989B9E #98989E #9B989E

triadic

#98989E #9E9898 #989E98

tetradic

#98989E #9E989B #9E9E98 #989E9B

square

#98989E #9E989B #9E9E98 #989E9B

split-complementary

#98989E #9E9B98 #9B9E98

monochromatic

#5B5B61 #797980 #98989E #B8B8BC #D7D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#98989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#98989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98989E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98989E	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97989E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.009 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6ba',
    500: '#98989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98989e;
$custom-light: #b6b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68156,
    "c": 0.0087,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98989E

secondary

#CACAC8

accent

#8D598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #98989E

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

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