#989E97#989E97

#989E97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.012 H 141.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989E97
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(111, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(111, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -3.50, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 4.55, 140.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0095 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.012 141.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7607, 33.3634, 34.0914)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989E97 #9D979E

analogous

#9B9E97 #989E97 #979E99

triadic

#989E97 #97989E #9E9798

tetradic

#989E97 #979B9E #9D979E #9E9997

square

#989E97 #979B9E #9D979E #9E9997

split-complementary

#989E97 #99979E #9E979B

monochromatic

#5B615A #798078 #989E97 #B7BCB7 #D7D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#989E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#989E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989E97

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989E97	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.012 141.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bab5',
    500: '#989e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989e97;
$custom-light: #b6bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 3.483,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69228,
    "c": 0.01218,
    "h": 141.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989E97

secondary

#C9C7CA

accent

#588D86

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989E97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →