#988D92

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(65.5% 0.015 348.2), rgb(152, 141, 146).

Black text reads best on this color (6.56:1).

About this color

#988D92 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 65%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.020 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.56:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (65%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.56:1
White text	3.20:1

Values

HEX	#988D92
RGB	rgb(152, 141, 146)
HSL	hsl(333, 5%, 57%)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.015 348.2)

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 #988D92	3.20:1	AA large text	Lc -64.7	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #988D92	6.56:1	AA	Lc 44.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#988D92 text on white	3.20:1	AA large text	Lc 59.2	Large or bold text, headings
#988D92 text on black	6.56:1	AA	Lc -42.5	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

#EBE9EA

oklch(93.6% 0.003 345.2)
Step 200
200

#DBD8D9

oklch(88.5% 0.004 354.7)
Step 300
300

#C4BFC1

oklch(80.9% 0.006 350.8)
Step 400
400

#A79EA2

oklch(70.8% 0.012 348.6)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#988D92

oklch(65.5% 0.015 348.2)
Step 600
600

#7B7075

oklch(55.7% 0.016 348.3)
Step 700
700

#685D62

oklch(49.1% 0.016 348.4)
Step 800
800

#554C50

oklch(42.7% 0.014 349)
Step 900
900

#464042

oklch(37.8% 0.009 355.3)
Step 950
950

#292527

oklch(27% 0.007 345.8)

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#988D92 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)	#8E8F92	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#909092	0.014
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#9A8D8F	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#909090	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 #988D92, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #988D92 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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