#9CA096#9CA096

#9CA096 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.015 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA096
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 150)
HSL	hsl(84, 5%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 6%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -3.32, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 5.76, 125.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0085 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.015 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7853, 34.4115, 33.8158)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA096 #9A96A0

analogous

#A09F96 #9CA096 #97A096

triadic

#9CA096 #969CA0 #A0969C

tetradic

#9CA096 #96A09F #9A96A0 #A09697

square

#9CA096 #96A09F #9A96A0 #A09697

split-complementary

#9CA096 #9697A0 #9F96A0

monochromatic

#5F6259 #7E8376 #9CA096 #BABDB6 #D9DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9CA096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA096

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA096	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.015 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcb4',
    500: '#9ca096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca096;
$custom-light: #b9bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69954,
    "c": 0.015,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA096

secondary

#C9C7CB

accent

#578F6D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA096

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

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