#9C9CAA#9C9CAA

#9C9CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9CAA
RGB	rgb(156, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 2.79, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 7.79, 291.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0055 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8530, 33.7470, 42.8054)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9CAA #AAAA9C

analogous

#9CA3AA #9C9CAA #A39CAA

triadic

#9C9CAA #AA9C9C #9CAA9C

tetradic

#9C9CAA #AA9CA3 #AAAA9C #9CAAA3

square

#9C9CAA #AA9CA3 #AAAA9C #9CAAA3

split-complementary

#9C9CAA #AAA39C #A3AA9C

monochromatic

#5E5E6E #7B7B8E #9C9CAA #BDBDC6 #DEDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9C9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9C9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9CAA

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9CAA	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9c3',
    500: '#9c9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9caa;
$custom-light: #b9b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69724,
    "c": 0.02027,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9CAA

secondary

#D3D3CE

accent

#925492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9CAA

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

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