#949C8E#949C8E

#949C8E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.022 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949C8E
RGB	rgb(148, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(94, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 9%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -5.55, 6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 8.43, 131.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0147 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.022 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9829, 32.0257, 30.2406)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949C8E #968E9C

analogous

#9B9C8E #949C8E #8E9C8F

triadic

#949C8E #8E949C #9C8E94

tetradic

#949C8E #8E9B9C #968E9C #9C8F8E

square

#949C8E #8E9B9C #968E9C #9C8F8E

split-complementary

#949C8E #8F8E9C #9C8E9B

monochromatic

#575E52 #757E6F #949C8E #B3B9AF #D2D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#949C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#949C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949C8E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949C8E	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C998F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.022 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b9af',
    500: '#949c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949c8e;
$custom-light: #b3b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 6.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68214,
    "c": 0.02212,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949C8E

secondary

#C3C0C6

accent

#78B098

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #949C8E

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

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