#989B8A#989B8A

#989B8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.025 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989B8A
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(71, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -4.23, 8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 9.54, 116.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0104 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.025 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2571, 31.9532, 28.6661)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989B8A #8D8A9B

analogous

#9B958A #989B8A #909B8A

triadic

#989B8A #8A989B #9B8A98

tetradic

#989B8A #8A9B95 #8D8A9B #9B8A90

square

#989B8A #8A9B95 #8D8A9B #9B8A90

split-complementary

#989B8A #8A909B #958A9B

monochromatic

#5A5C4F #7A7D6B #989B8A #B5B7AB #D2D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#989B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#989B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989B8A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989B8A	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.025 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8ac',
    500: '#989b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989b8a;
$custom-light: #b6b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68213,
    "c": 0.02456,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989B8A

secondary

#BEBDC4

accent

#77B181

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #989B8A

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

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