#989E9C#989E9C

#989E9C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989E9C
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -2.54, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 2.55, 173.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0074 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1754, 33.5292, 36.2754)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989E9C #9E989A

analogous

#989E99 #989E9C #989D9E

triadic

#989E9C #9C989E #9E9C98

tetradic

#989E9C #99989E #9E989A #9D9E98

square

#989E9C #99989E #9E989A #9D9E98

split-complementary

#989E9C #9E989D #9E9998

monochromatic

#5B615F #79807E #989E9C #B8BCBA #D7D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#989E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#989E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989E9C

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989E9C	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bab9',
    500: '#989e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989e9c;
$custom-light: #b6bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69377,
    "c": 0.00746,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989E9C

secondary

#CAC8C9

accent

#596A8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989E9C

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

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