#998C8D#998C8D

#998C8D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.016 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998C8D
RGB	rgb(153, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(355, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(355, 8%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 5.03, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 5.17, 13.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0153 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.016 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3222, 27.4520, 29.0536)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998C8D #8C9998

analogous

#998C94 #998C8D #99928C

triadic

#998C8D #8D998C #8C8D99

tetradic

#998C8D #94998C #8C9998 #928C99

square

#998C8D #94998C #8C9998 #928C99

split-complementary

#998C8D #8C9992 #8C9499

monochromatic

#5A5051 #7B6D6E #998C8D #B6ACAD #D3CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#998C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#998C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998C8D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998C8D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.016 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adae',
    500: '#998c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998c8d;
$custom-light: #b7adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 5.991,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.01564,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998C8D

secondary

#BEC3C3

accent

#AFAB79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #998C8D

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

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