#989C8C#989C8C

#989C8C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.023 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989C8C
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(75, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(75, 10%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -4.42, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 9.04, 119.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0111 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.023 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5703, 32.3458, 29.4914)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989C8C #908C9C

analogous

#9C988C #989C8C #909C8C

triadic

#989C8C #8C989C #9C8C98

tetradic

#989C8C #8C9C98 #908C9C #9C8C90

square

#989C8C #8C9C98 #908C9C #9C8C90

split-complementary

#989C8C #8C909C #988C9C

monochromatic

#5A5D50 #7A7E6D #989C8C #B5B8AD #D3D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#989C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#989C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989C8C

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989C8C	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.023 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9ad',
    500: '#989c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989c8c;
$custom-light: #b6b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 7.477,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68484,
    "c": 0.02336,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989C8C

secondary

#C0BFC5

accent

#77B186

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #989C8C

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

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