#9A8A8E#9A8A8E

#9A8A8E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.020 H 0.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A8E
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(345, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(345, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 6.72, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 6.72, 0.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.02 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.02 0.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2969, 27.0004, 29.3596)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A8E #8A9A96

analogous

#9A8A96 #9A8A8E #9A8E8A

triadic

#9A8A8E #8E9A8A #8A8E9A

tetradic

#9A8A8E #969A8A #8A9A96 #8E8A9A

square

#9A8A8E #969A8A #8A9A96 #8E8A9A

split-complementary

#9A8A8E #8A9A8E #8A969A

monochromatic

#5B4F52 #7C6B6F #9A8A8E #B6ABAE #D3CCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9A8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9A8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A8E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A8E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.020 0.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acaf',
    500: '#9a8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a8e;
$custom-light: #b7acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64888,
    "c": 0.02003,
    "h": 0.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A8E

secondary

#BDC3C2

accent

#B0A277

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A8E

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

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