#989EA6#989EA6

#989EA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.014 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EA6
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(214, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -0.53, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 4.93, 263.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0034 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.014 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0573, 33.8820, 40.9200)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EA6 #A6A098

analogous

#98A5A6 #989EA6 #9998A6

triadic

#989EA6 #A6989E #9EA698

tetradic

#989EA6 #A698A5 #A6A098 #98A699

square

#989EA6 #A698A5 #A6A098 #98A699

split-complementary

#989EA6 #A69998 #A5A698

monochromatic

#5B6169 #777F8A #989EA6 #B9BDC2 #DADCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#989EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#989EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EA6

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EA6	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.014 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bac0',
    500: '#989ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ea6;
$custom-light: #b6bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 7.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69691,
    "c": 0.01357,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EA6

secondary

#CFCDCA

accent

#775491

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EA6

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

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