#989C8D#989C8D

#989C8D is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.022 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989C8D
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(76, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(76, 10%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -4.25, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 8.50, 119.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0107 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.022 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6444, 32.3755, 29.8815)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989C8D #918D9C

analogous

#9C988D #989C8D #909C8D

triadic

#989C8D #8D989C #9C8D98

tetradic

#989C8D #8D9C98 #918D9C #9C8D90

square

#989C8D #8D9C98 #918D9C #9C8D90

split-complementary

#989C8D #8D909C #988D9C

monochromatic

#5A5D51 #7A7E6E #989C8D #B6B8AE #D3D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#989C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#989C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989C8D

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989C8D	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)

#9E9A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.022 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9ae',
    500: '#989c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989c8d;
$custom-light: #b6b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989C8D

secondary

#C1BFC5

accent

#78B087

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #989C8D

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

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