#9C8A97#9C8A97

#9C8A97 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.028 H 335.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A97
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(317, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(317, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 9.14, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 10.15, 334.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0259 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.028 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3840, 27.4797, 33.0810)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A97 #8A9C8F

analogous

#988A9C #9C8A97 #9C8A8E

triadic

#9C8A97 #979C8A #8A979C

tetradic

#9C8A97 #9C988A #8A9C8F #8A8E9C

square

#9C8A97 #9C988A #8A9C8F #8A8E9C

split-complementary

#9C8A97 #8E9C8A #8A9C98

monochromatic

#5D4F59 #7E6B79 #9C8A97 #B8ABB4 #D4CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#9C8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#9C8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A97

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A97	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.028 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9acb5',
    500: '#9c8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a97;
$custom-light: #b9acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.02842,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A97

secondary

#BDC5BF

accent

#B18776

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A97

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

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