#9C9EA2#9C9EA2

#9C9EA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9EA2
RGB	rgb(156, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(220, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(220, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 0.06, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 2.33, 271.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0006 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4575, 34.1302, 39.0532)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9EA2 #A2A09C

analogous

#9CA1A2 #9C9EA2 #9D9CA2

triadic

#9C9EA2 #A29C9E #9EA29C

tetradic

#9C9EA2 #A29CA1 #A2A09C #9CA29D

square

#9C9EA2 #A29CA1 #A2A09C #9CA29D

split-complementary

#9C9EA2 #A29D9C #A1A29C

monochromatic

#5F6165 #7C7F84 #9C9EA2 #BCBDC0 #DBDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9C9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9C9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9EA2

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9EA2	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9babd',
    500: '#9c9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9ea2;
$custom-light: #b9babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.00625,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9EA2

secondary

#CECDCC

accent

#7B598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9EA2

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

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