#998F9F#998F9F

#998F9F is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.026 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#998F9F
RGB	rgb(153, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(278, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 10%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, 6.79, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 9.82, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0177 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.026 313)
XYZ	xyz(29.2163, 28.9206, 36.8372)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#998F9F #959F8F

analogous

#918F9F #998F9F #9F8F9D

triadic

#998F9F #9F998F #8F9F99

tetradic

#998F9F #9F918F #959F8F #8F9D9F

square

#998F9F #9F918F #959F8F #8F9D9F

split-complementary

#998F9F #9D9F8F #8F9F91

monochromatic

#5C5361 #7B6F82 #998F9F #B7B0BB #D5D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#998F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#998F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #998F9F

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##998F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##998F9F	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)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #998f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.026 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afbb',
    500: '#998f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #998f9f;
$custom-light: #b7afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#998f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66387,
    "c": 0.02595,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.2892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#998F9F

secondary

#C4C8C2

accent

#B1778D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #998F9F

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

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