#989EA5#989EA5

#989EA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.012 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EA5
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(212, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(212, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -0.73, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 4.44, 260.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0038 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.012 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9659, 33.8454, 40.4388)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EA5 #A59F98

analogous

#98A5A5 #989EA5 #9998A5

triadic

#989EA5 #A5989E #9EA598

tetradic

#989EA5 #A598A5 #A59F98 #98A599

square

#989EA5 #A598A5 #A59F98 #98A599

split-complementary

#989EA5 #A59998 #A5A598

monochromatic

#5B6168 #777F88 #989EA5 #B9BDC2 #D9DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#989EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#989EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EA5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EA5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.012 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6babf',
    500: '#989ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ea5;
$custom-light: #b6babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 6.736,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.01234,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EA5

secondary

#CFCDCA

accent

#755591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EA5

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

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