#989E9A#989E9A

#989E9A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989E9A
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -2.93, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 3.22, 155.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0082 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(31.0074, 33.4621, 35.3908)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989E9A #9E989C

analogous

#999E98 #989E9A #989E9D

triadic

#989E9A #9A989E #9E9A98

tetradic

#989E9A #98999E #9E989C #9E9D98

square

#989E9A #98999E #9E989C #9E9D98

split-complementary

#989E9A #9D989E #9E9899

monochromatic

#5B615D #79807B #989E9A #B8BCB9 #D7D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#989E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#989E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989E9A

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989E9A	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bab7',
    500: '#989e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989e9a;
$custom-light: #b6bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69316,
    "c": 0.00896,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.33462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989E9A

secondary

#CAC8C9

accent

#597B8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989E9A

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

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