#998F8E#998F8E

#998F8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.012 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F8E
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(5, 5%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 7%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 3.52, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 3.98, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.011 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.012 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8413, 28.3706, 29.5953)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F8E #8E9899

analogous

#998E92 #998F8E #99948E

triadic

#998F8E #8E998F #8F8E99

tetradic

#998F8E #92998E #8E9899 #948E99

square

#998F8E #92998E #8E9899 #948E99

split-complementary

#998F8E #8E9994 #8E9299

monochromatic

#5B5352 #7B706F #998F8E #B6AFAE #D3CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#998F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#998F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F8E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F8E	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)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.012 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afaf',
    500: '#998f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f8e;
$custom-light: #b7afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 5.116,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65842,
    "c": 0.01204,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F8E

secondary

#BFC3C4

accent

#A9AE7A

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F8E

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

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