#979188

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(65.9% 0.015 78.2), rgb(151, 145, 136).

Black text reads best on this color (6.72:1).

About this color

#979188 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 66%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.019 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.72:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (66%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.72:1
White text	3.12:1

Values

HEX	#979188
RGB	rgb(151, 145, 136)
HSL	hsl(36, 7%, 56%)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.015 78.2)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #979188	3.12:1	AA large text	Lc -63.7	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #979188	6.72:1	AA	Lc 45.8	Large or bold text, headings
#979188 text on white	3.12:1	AA large text	Lc 58.3	Large or bold text, headings
#979188 text on black	6.72:1	AA	Lc -43.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EAEAE8

oklch(93.6% 0.003 106.5)
Step 200
200

#DAD9D6

oklch(88.5% 0.004 91.5)
Step 300
300

#C3C0BB

oklch(80.9% 0.008 80.7)
Step 400
400

#A5A099

oklch(70.8% 0.012 76.6)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#979188

oklch(65.9% 0.015 78.2)
Step 600
600

#797269

oklch(55.6% 0.016 74.3)
Step 700
700

#656057

oklch(49.1% 0.015 82.4)
Step 800
800

#534E47

oklch(42.6% 0.013 76.5)
Step 900
900

#44413C

oklch(37.7% 0.009 80.7)
Step 950
950

#282623

oklch(27% 0.006 78.2)

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#979188 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#949187	0.005
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#959288	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#9A8F8E	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#929292	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #979188, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #979188 in your product

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