#9C8A96#9C8A96

#9C8A96 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.028 H 338.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A96
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(320, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(320, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 8.95, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 9.76, 336.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0255 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.028 338.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3032, 27.4473, 32.6551)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A96 #8A9C90

analogous

#998A9C #9C8A96 #9C8A8D

triadic

#9C8A96 #969C8A #8A969C

tetradic

#9C8A96 #9C998A #8A9C90 #8A8D9C

square

#9C8A96 #9C998A #8A9C90 #8A8D9C

split-complementary

#9C8A96 #8D9C8A #8A9C99

monochromatic

#5D4F58 #7E6B78 #9C8A96 #B8ABB4 #D4CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9C8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#9C8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A96

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A96	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.028 338.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acb4',
    500: '#9c8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a96;
$custom-light: #b9acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65328,
    "c": 0.02751,
    "h": 338.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A96

secondary

#BDC5C0

accent

#B18A76

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A96

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

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