#989E9E#989E9E

#989E9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989E9E
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -2.14, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 2.27, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0066 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(31.3461, 33.5975, 37.1747)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989E9E #9E9898

analogous

#989E9B #989E9E #989B9E

triadic

#989E9E #9E989E #9E9E98

tetradic

#989E9E #9B989E #9E9898 #9B9E98

square

#989E9E #9B989E #9E9898 #9B9E98

split-complementary

#989E9E #9E989B #9E9B98

monochromatic

#5B6161 #798080 #989E9E #B8BCBC #D7D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#989E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#989E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989E9E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989E9E	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6baba',
    500: '#989e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989e9e;
$custom-light: #b6baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.00691,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.33598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989E9E

secondary

#CAC8C8

accent

#59598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #989E9E

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

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