#9A8A96#9A8A96

#9A8A96 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.026 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A96
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(315, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(315, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 8.22, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 9.22, 333.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0232 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.026 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9192, 27.2494, 32.6371)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A96 #8A9A8E

analogous

#968A9A #9A8A96 #9A8A8E

triadic

#9A8A96 #969A8A #8A969A

tetradic

#9A8A96 #9A968A #8A9A8E #8A8E9A

square

#9A8A96 #9A968A #8A9A8E #8A8E9A

split-complementary

#9A8A96 #8E9A8A #8A9A96

monochromatic

#5B4F58 #7C6B78 #9A8A96 #B6ABB3 #D3CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9A8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#9A8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A96

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A96	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.026 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7acb4',
    500: '#9a8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a96;
$custom-light: #b7acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65143,
    "c": 0.0257,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A96

secondary

#BDC3BE

accent

#B08677

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A96

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

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