#949090#949090

#949090 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949090
RGB	rgb(148, 144, 144)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 2.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 1.47, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 1.56, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0045 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2193, 28.2562, 30.4002)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949090 #909494

analogous

#949092 #949090 #949290

triadic

#949090 #909490 #909094

tetradic

#949090 #929490 #909494 #929094

square

#949090 #929490 #909494 #929094

split-complementary

#949090 #909492 #909294

monochromatic

#565353 #767171 #949090 #B2AFAF #D0CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#949090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#949090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #949090

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949090	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 144, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b0b0',
    500: '#949090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949090;
$custom-light: #b3b0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.835,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65676,
    "c": 0.00473,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949090

secondary

#BFC1C1

accent

#ABAB7D

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #949090

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

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