#998F9D#998F9D

#998F9D is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.023 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F9D
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(283, 7%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 9%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 6.39, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 8.80, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.017 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.023 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0442, 28.8517, 35.9306)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F9D #939D8F

analogous

#928F9D #998F9D #9D8F9A

triadic

#998F9D #9D998F #8F9D99

tetradic

#998F9D #9D928F #939D8F #8F9A9D

square

#998F9D #9D928F #939D8F #8F9A9D

split-complementary

#998F9D #9A9D8F #8F9D92

monochromatic

#5B535F #7B6F7F #998F9D #B7B0BA #D4D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#998F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F9D

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F9D	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.023 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afb9',
    500: '#998f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f9d;
$custom-light: #b7afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66319,
    "c": 0.0234,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F9D

secondary

#C3C7C1

accent

#B07888

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F9D

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

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