#9C989E#9C989E

#9C989E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.010 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C989E
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 2.61, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 3.70, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0069 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.01 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1091, 31.9931, 36.8775)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C989E #9A9E98

analogous

#99989E #9C989E #9E989D

triadic

#9C989E #9E9C98 #989E9C

tetradic

#9C989E #9E9998 #9A9E98 #989D9E

square

#9C989E #9E9998 #9A9E98 #989D9E

split-complementary

#9C989E #9D9E98 #989E99

monochromatic

#5F5B61 #7E7980 #9C989E #BAB8BC #D9D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9C989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#9C989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C989E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C989E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98999E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.010 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b6ba',
    500: '#9c989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c989e;
$custom-light: #b9b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68491,
    "c": 0.00979,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C989E

secondary

#C9CAC8

accent

#8D596A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C989E

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

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