#998F8D#998F8D

#998F8D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.012 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F8D
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(10, 6%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 8%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 3.34, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 4.11, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0106 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.012 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7665, 28.3407, 29.2017)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F8D #8D9799

analogous

#998D91 #998F8D #99958D

triadic

#998F8D #8D998F #8F8D99

tetradic

#998F8D #91998D #8D9799 #958D99

square

#998F8D #91998D #8D9799 #958D99

split-complementary

#998F8D #8D9995 #8D9199

monochromatic

#5B5351 #7B706E #998F8D #B6AFAD #D3CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#998F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#998F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F8D

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F8D	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.012 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afae',
    500: '#998f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f8d;
$custom-light: #b7afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65812,
    "c": 0.01233,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F8D

secondary

#BEC3C3

accent

#A6AF79

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F8D

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

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