#998C8A#998C8A

#998C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.016 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998C8A
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(8, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 4.49, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 5.30, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0141 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.016 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1020, 27.3639, 27.8939)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998C8A #8A9799

analogous

#998A90 #998C8A #99948A

triadic

#998C8A #8A998C #8C8A99

tetradic

#998C8A #90998A #8A9799 #948A99

square

#998C8A #90998A #8A9799 #948A99

split-complementary

#998C8A #8A9994 #8A9099

monochromatic

#5A504F #7B6D6B #998C8A #B6ACAB #D2CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#998C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#998C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998C8A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998C8A	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.016 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adac',
    500: '#998c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998c8a;
$custom-light: #b7adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65092,
    "c": 0.01594,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998C8A

secondary

#BCC2C2

accent

#A8B078

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #998C8A

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

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