#9B998F#9B998F

#9B998F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.015 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B998F
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(50, 6%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 8%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -1.12, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 5.62, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0019 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.015 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8661, 31.7344, 30.5332)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B998F #8F919B

analogous

#9B938F #9B998F #979B8F

triadic

#9B998F #8F9B99 #998F9B

tetradic

#9B998F #8F9B93 #8F919B #9B8F97

square

#9B998F #8F9B93 #8F919B #9B8F97

split-complementary

#9B998F #8F979B #938F9B

monochromatic

#5D5B53 #7D7B70 #9B998F #B8B6AF #D5D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9B998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#9B998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B998F

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B998F	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C998F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.015 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7af',
    500: '#9b998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b998f;
$custom-light: #b8b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 5.66,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6817,
    "c": 0.01457,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B998F

secondary

#C1C1C5

accent

#82AF79

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B998F

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

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