#989CA5#989CA5

#989CA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.014 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CA5
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(222, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(222, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 0.37, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 5.20, 274.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0008 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.014 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6275, 33.1687, 40.3260)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CA5 #A5A198

analogous

#98A3A5 #989CA5 #9B98A5

triadic

#989CA5 #A5989C #9CA598

tetradic

#989CA5 #A598A3 #A5A198 #98A59B

square

#989CA5 #A598A3 #A5A198 #98A59B

split-complementary

#989CA5 #A59B98 #A3A598

monochromatic

#5B5F68 #777D88 #989CA5 #B9BBC2 #D9DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#989CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#989CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CA5

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CA5	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.014 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9bf',
    500: '#989ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ca5;
$custom-light: #b6b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 6.736,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69233,
    "c": 0.01391,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CA5

secondary

#CFCDCA

accent

#7E5591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CA5

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

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