#989AA6#989AA6

#989AA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.018 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989AA6
RGB	rgb(152, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(231, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(231, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 1.69, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 6.72, 284.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0026 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.018 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3860, 32.5396, 40.6962)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989AA6 #A6A498

analogous

#98A1A6 #989AA6 #9D98A6

triadic

#989AA6 #A6989A #9AA698

tetradic

#989AA6 #A698A1 #A6A498 #98A69D

square

#989AA6 #A698A1 #A6A498 #98A69D

split-complementary

#989AA6 #A69D98 #A1A698

monochromatic

#5B5D69 #777A8A #989AA6 #B9BAC2 #DADADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#989AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#989AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989AA6

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989AA6	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.018 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7c0',
    500: '#989aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989aa6;
$custom-light: #b6b7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 7.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68842,
    "c": 0.01763,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989AA6

secondary

#CFCFCA

accent

#895491

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989AA6

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

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