#9A8E8A#9A8E8A

#9A8E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.016 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8E8A
RGB	rgb(154, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(15, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(15, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 3.74, 3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 5.29, 44.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.012 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.016 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5865, 28.0514, 28.0011)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8E8A #8A969A

analogous

#9A8A8E #9A8E8A #9A968A

triadic

#9A8E8A #8A9A8E #8E8A9A

tetradic

#9A8E8A #8E9A8A #8A969A #968A9A

square

#9A8E8A #8E9A8A #8A969A #968A9A

split-complementary

#9A8E8A #8A9A96 #8A8E9A

monochromatic

#5B524F #7C6F6B #9A8E8A #B6AEAB #D3CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9A8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9A8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8E8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8E8A	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.016 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7afac',
    500: '#9a8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8e8a;
$custom-light: #b7afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65604,
    "c": 0.01557,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8E8A

secondary

#BDC2C3

accent

#A2B077

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8E8A

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

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