#998E8A#998E8A

#998E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.014 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998E8A
RGB	rgb(153, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 3.36, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 4.92, 46.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0109 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.014 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3969, 27.9537, 27.9922)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998E8A #8A9599

analogous

#998A8E #998E8A #99968A

triadic

#998E8A #8A998E #8E8A99

tetradic

#998E8A #8E998A #8A9599 #968A99

square

#998E8A #8E998A #8A9599 #968A99

split-complementary

#998E8A #8A9996 #8A8E99

monochromatic

#5A524F #7B6F6B #998E8A #B6AEAB #D2CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#998E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#998E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998E8A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998E8A	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.014 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afac',
    500: '#998e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998e8a;
$custom-light: #b7afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65513,
    "c": 0.01446,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998E8A

secondary

#BCC1C2

accent

#A1B078

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #998E8A

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

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