#9C8E98#9C8E98

#9C8E98 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.022 H 335.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E98
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(317, 7%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(317, 9%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 7.06, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 7.84, 334.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.02 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.022 335.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0501, 28.6813, 33.7054)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E98 #8E9C92

analogous

#998E9C #9C8E98 #9C8E91

triadic

#9C8E98 #989C8E #8E989C

tetradic

#9C8E98 #9C998E #8E9C92 #8E919C

square

#9C8E98 #9C998E #8E9C92 #8E919C

split-complementary

#9C8E98 #919C8E #8E9C99

monochromatic

#5E525A #7E6F7A #9C8E98 #B9AFB6 #D5CFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9C8E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9C8E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E98

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E98	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.022 335.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9afb6',
    500: '#9c8e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e98;
$custom-light: #b9afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 6.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.02192,
    "h": 335.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E98

secondary

#C0C6C2

accent

#B08878

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E98

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

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