#989EA0#989EA0

#989EA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.008 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EA0
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(195, 4%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 5%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -1.75, -1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 2.50, 225.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0058 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.008 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5197, 33.6670, 38.0887)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EA0 #A09A98

analogous

#98A09E #989EA0 #989AA0

triadic

#989EA0 #A0989E #9EA098

tetradic

#989EA0 #9E98A0 #A09A98 #9AA098

square

#989EA0 #9E98A0 #A09A98 #9AA098

split-complementary

#989EA0 #A0989A #A09E98

monochromatic

#5B6163 #788082 #989EA0 #B8BCBD #D8DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#989EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#989EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EA0

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EA0	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.008 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6babc',
    500: '#989ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ea0;
$custom-light: #b6babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 4.04,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.00751,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EA0

secondary

#CBC9C8

accent

#65588E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EA0

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

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