#9AA8A6#9AA8A6

#9AA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.016 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA8A6
RGB	rgb(154, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(171, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -5.31, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 5.35, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0159 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.016 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2105, 37.6280, 41.5296)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA8A6 #A89A9C

analogous

#9AA89F #9AA8A6 #9AA3A8

triadic

#9AA8A6 #A69AA8 #A8A69A

tetradic

#9AA8A6 #9F9AA8 #A89A9C #A3A89A

square

#9AA8A6 #9F9AA8 #A89A9C #A3A89A

split-complementary

#9AA8A6 #A89AA3 #A89F9A

monochromatic

#5C6B69 #798C89 #9AA8A6 #BBC4C3 #DCE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9AA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9AA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA8A6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA8A6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.016 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c1c0',
    500: '#9aa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa8a6;
$custom-light: #b7c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.01603,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA8A6

secondary

#D1CCCD

accent

#545D91

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA8A6

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

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