#998F8F#998F8F

#998F8F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.012 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F8F
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 143)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 3.70, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 3.94, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0114 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.012 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9167, 28.4007, 29.9925)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F8F #8F9999

analogous

#998F94 #998F8F #99948F

triadic

#998F8F #8F998F #8F8F99

tetradic

#998F8F #94998F #8F9999 #948F99

square

#998F8F #94998F #8F9999 #948F99

split-complementary

#998F8F #8F9994 #8F9499

monochromatic

#5B5353 #7B7070 #998F8F #B6AFAF #D3CFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#998F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#998F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F8F

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F8F	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.012 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afaf',
    500: '#998f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f8f;
$custom-light: #b7afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.673,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65872,
    "c": 0.01193,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F8F

secondary

#C0C4C4

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F8F

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

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