#989C8E#989C8E

#989C8E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.021 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989C8E
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(77, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 9%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -4.07, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 7.95, 120.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0103 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.021 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7191, 32.4054, 30.2751)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989C8E #928E9C

analogous

#9C998E #989C8E #919C8E

triadic

#989C8E #8E989C #9C8E98

tetradic

#989C8E #8E9C99 #928E9C #9C8E91

square

#989C8E #8E9C99 #928E9C #9C8E91

split-complementary

#989C8E #8E919C #998E9C

monochromatic

#5A5E52 #7A7E6F #989C8E #B6B9AF #D3D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#989C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#989C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989C8E

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989C8E	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.021 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9af',
    500: '#989c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989c8e;
$custom-light: #b6b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 6.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68539,
    "c": 0.02058,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989C8E

secondary

#C2C0C6

accent

#78B088

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #989C8E

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

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