#949E8E#949E8E

#949E8E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.026 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949E8E
RGB	rgb(148, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(98, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(98, 10%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -6.63, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 9.75, 132.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0177 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.026 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3212, 32.7025, 30.3534)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949E8E #988E9E

analogous

#9C9E8E #949E8E #8E9E90

triadic

#949E8E #8E949E #9E8E94

tetradic

#949E8E #8E9C9E #988E9E #9E908E

square

#949E8E #8E9C9E #988E9E #9E908E

split-complementary

#949E8E #908E9E #9E8E9C

monochromatic

#576052 #75806E #949E8E #B3BAAF #D2D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#949E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#949E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949E8E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949E8E	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.026 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3baaf',
    500: '#949e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949e8e;
$custom-light: #b3baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 7.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68653,
    "c": 0.02566,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949E8E

secondary

#C5C1C7

accent

#77B19B

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #949E8E

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

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