#989CA3#989CA3

#989CA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.011 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CA3
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(218, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(218, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -0.04, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 4.15, 269.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0016 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.011 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4469, 33.0965, 39.3748)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CA3 #A39F98

analogous

#98A2A3 #989CA3 #9A98A3

triadic

#989CA3 #A3989C #9CA398

tetradic

#989CA3 #A398A2 #A39F98 #98A39A

square

#989CA3 #A398A2 #A39F98 #98A39A

split-complementary

#989CA3 #A39A98 #A2A398

monochromatic

#5B5F66 #787D86 #989CA3 #B8BBC0 #D9DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#989CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#989CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CA3

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CA3	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.011 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9be',
    500: '#989ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ca3;
$custom-light: #b6b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 5.641,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69168,
    "c": 0.0112,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CA3

secondary

#CDCCC9

accent

#7B5690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CA3

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

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