#9AA8A8#9AA8A8

#9AA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.016 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA8A8
RGB	rgb(154, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -4.90, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 5.18, 198.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0151 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.016 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3954, 37.7019, 42.5033)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA8A8 #A89A9A

analogous

#9AA8A1 #9AA8A8 #9AA1A8

triadic

#9AA8A8 #A89AA8 #A8A89A

tetradic

#9AA8A8 #A19AA8 #A89A9A #A1A89A

square

#9AA8A8 #A19AA8 #A89A9A #A1A89A

split-complementary

#9AA8A8 #A89AA1 #A8A19A

monochromatic

#5C6B6B #798C8C #9AA8A8 #BBC4C4 #DCE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9AA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9AA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA8A8

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA8A8	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.016 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c1c1',
    500: '#9aa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa8a8;
$custom-light: #b7c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.01579,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA8A8

secondary

#D1CCCC

accent

#545491

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA8A8

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

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