#9BA8A2#9BA8A2

#9BA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.017 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BA8A2
RGB	rgb(155, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(152, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(152, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -5.75, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 5.95, 165.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0165 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.017 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0404, 37.5821, 39.6361)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BA8A2 #A89BA1

analogous

#9BA89B #9BA8A2 #9BA7A8

triadic

#9BA8A2 #A29BA8 #A8A29B

tetradic

#9BA8A2 #9B9BA8 #A89BA1 #A7A89B

square

#9BA8A2 #9B9BA8 #A89BA1 #A7A89B

split-complementary

#9BA8A2 #A89BA7 #A89B9B

monochromatic

#5D6B65 #7A8C84 #9BA8A2 #BCC4C0 #DCE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9BA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9BA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BA8A2

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BA8A2	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ba8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.017 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8c1bd',
    500: '#9ba8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ba8a2;
$custom-light: #b8c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ba8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 6.952,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.01698,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BA8A2

secondary

#D2CDCF

accent

#557091

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BA8A2

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

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