#9B8A8A#9B8A8A

#9B8A8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.021 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A8A
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 6.38, 2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 6.79, 20.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0196 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.021 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1931, 26.9810, 27.8152)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A8A #8A9B9B

analogous

#9B8A93 #9B8A8A #9B938A

triadic

#9B8A8A #8A9B8A #8A8A9B

tetradic

#9B8A8A #939B8A #8A9B9B #938A9B

square

#9B8A8A #939B8A #8A9B9B #938A9B

split-complementary

#9B8A8A #8A9B93 #8A939B

monochromatic

#5C4F4F #7D6B6B #9B8A8A #B7ABAB #D3CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9B8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9B8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A8A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A8A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.021 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8acac',
    500: '#9b8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a8a;
$custom-light: #b8acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6486,
    "c": 0.02054,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A8A

secondary

#BDC4C4

accent

#B1B177

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F6F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#111010

muted

#807F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A8A

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

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