#989A9E#989A9E

#989A9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989A9E
RGB	rgb(152, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(220, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(220, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 0.06, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 2.34, 271.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0006 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6749, 32.2551, 36.9509)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989A9E #9E9C98

analogous

#989D9E #989A9E #99989E

triadic

#989A9E #9E989A #9A9E98

tetradic

#989A9E #9E989D #9E9C98 #989E99

square

#989A9E #9E989D #9E9C98 #989E99

split-complementary

#989A9E #9E9998 #9D9E98

monochromatic

#5B5D61 #797B80 #989A9E #B8B9BC #D7D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#989A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#989A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989A9E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989A9E	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7ba',
    500: '#989a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989a9e;
$custom-light: #b6b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68581,
    "c": 0.00628,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989A9E

secondary

#CAC9C8

accent

#7B598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989A9E

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

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