#989CA6#989CA6

#989CA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.015 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CA6
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(223, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(223, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 0.58, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 5.73, 275.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0004 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.015 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7189, 33.2053, 40.8072)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CA6 #A6A298

analogous

#98A3A6 #989CA6 #9B98A6

triadic

#989CA6 #A6989C #9CA698

tetradic

#989CA6 #A698A3 #A6A298 #98A69B

square

#989CA6 #A698A3 #A6A298 #98A69B

split-complementary

#989CA6 #A69B98 #A3A698

monochromatic

#5B5F69 #777C8A #989CA6 #B9BCC2 #DADBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#989CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#989CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CA6

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CA6	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.015 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c0',
    500: '#989ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ca6;
$custom-light: #b6b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 7.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69266,
    "c": 0.0153,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CA6

secondary

#CFCECA

accent

#805491

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CA6

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

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