#9A8C8A#9A8C8A

#9A8C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.017 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8C8A
RGB	rgb(154, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(8, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 4.87, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 5.70, 31.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0152 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.017 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2916, 27.4616, 27.9028)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8C8A #8A989A

analogous

#9A8A90 #9A8C8A #9A948A

triadic

#9A8C8A #8A9A8C #8C8A9A

tetradic

#9A8C8A #909A8A #8A989A #948A9A

square

#9A8C8A #909A8A #8A989A #948A9A

split-complementary

#9A8C8A #8A9A94 #8A909A

monochromatic

#5B504F #7C6D6B #9A8C8A #B6ACAB #D3CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#9A8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#9A8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8C8A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8C8A	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.017 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7adac',
    500: '#9a8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8c8a;
$custom-light: #b7adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.01713,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8C8A

secondary

#BDC2C3

accent

#A9B077

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8C8A

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

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