#9A8A8A#9A8A8A

#9A8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.019 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A8A
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 6.00, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 6.38, 20.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0184 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.019 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0020, 26.8825, 27.8062)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A8A #8A9A9A

analogous

#9A8A92 #9A8A8A #9A928A

triadic

#9A8A8A #8A9A8A #8A8A9A

tetradic

#9A8A8A #929A8A #8A9A9A #928A9A

square

#9A8A8A #929A8A #8A9A9A #928A9A

split-complementary

#9A8A8A #8A9A92 #8A929A

monochromatic

#5B4F4F #7C6B6B #9A8A8A #B6ABAB #D3CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9A8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9A8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A8A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.019 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acac',
    500: '#9a8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a8a;
$custom-light: #b7acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64767,
    "c": 0.01932,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A8A

secondary

#BDC3C3

accent

#B0B077

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A8A

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

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