#9C9CA2#9C9CA2

#9C9CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9CA2
RGB	rgb(156, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 1.17, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 3.34, 290.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0024 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1192, 33.4534, 38.9404)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9CA2 #A2A29C

analogous

#9C9FA2 #9C9CA2 #9F9CA2

triadic

#9C9CA2 #A29C9C #9CA29C

tetradic

#9C9CA2 #A29C9F #A2A29C #9CA29F

square

#9C9CA2 #A29C9F #A2A29C #9CA29F

split-complementary

#9C9CA2 #A29F9C #9FA29C

monochromatic

#5F5F65 #7C7C84 #9C9CA2 #BCBCC0 #DBDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#9C9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#9C9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9CA2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9CA2	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9bd',
    500: '#9c9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9ca2;
$custom-light: #b9b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.00866,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9CA2

secondary

#CECECC

accent

#8D598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9CA2

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

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