#989A96#989A96

#989A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.006 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989A96
RGB	rgb(152, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(90, 2%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(90, 3%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -1.49, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 2.37, 128.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0039 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.006 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0086, 31.9886, 33.4417)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#989A96 #98969A

analogous

#9A9A96 #989A96 #969A96

triadic

#989A96 #96989A #9A9698

tetradic

#989A96 #969A9A #98969A #9A9696

square

#989A96 #969A9A #98969A #9A9696

split-complementary

#989A96 #96969A #9A969A

monochromatic

#5B5D59 #797C77 #989A96 #B7B8B5 #D5D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#989A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#989A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989A96

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989A96	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.006 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7b4',
    500: '#989a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989a96;
$custom-light: #b6b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 1.942,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68336,
    "c": 0.0062,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989A96

secondary

#C6C5C7

accent

#7DAB94

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989A96

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

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