#989A8A#989A8A

#989A8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.023 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989A8A
RGB	rgb(152, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(68, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -3.68, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 8.95, 114.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0089 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.023 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0914, 31.6217, 28.6108)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989A8A #8C8A9A

analogous

#9A948A #989A8A #909A8A

triadic

#989A8A #8A989A #9A8A98

tetradic

#989A8A #8A9A94 #8C8A9A #9A8A90

square

#989A8A #8A9A94 #8C8A9A #9A8A90

split-complementary

#989A8A #8A909A #948A9A

monochromatic

#595B4F #7A7C6B #989A8A #B5B6AB #D2D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#989A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#989A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989A8A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989A8A	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)

#9D9889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.023 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7ac',
    500: '#989a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989a8a;
$custom-light: #b6b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.02303,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989A8A

secondary

#BDBDC3

accent

#77B07F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #989A8A

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

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