#998F9E#998F9E

#998F9E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.025 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F9E
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(280, 7%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(280, 9%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 6.59, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 9.31, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0173 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.025 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1299, 28.8860, 36.3821)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F9E #949E8F

analogous

#928F9E #998F9E #9E8F9C

triadic

#998F9E #9E998F #8F9E99

tetradic

#998F9E #9E928F #949E8F #8F9C9E

square

#998F9E #9E928F #949E8F #8F9C9E

split-complementary

#998F9E #9C9E8F #8F9E92

monochromatic

#5B5360 #7B6F81 #998F9E #B7B0BA #D5D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#998F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F9E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F9E	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.025 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afba',
    500: '#998f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f9e;
$custom-light: #b7afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 7.177,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66353,
    "c": 0.02466,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F9E

secondary

#C3C7C1

accent

#B0788A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F9E

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

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