#9CA09D#9CA09D

#9CA09D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.006 H 153.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA09D
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(135, 2%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(135, 3%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -2.01, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 2.27, 152.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0056 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.006 153.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3658, 34.6438, 36.8735)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA09D #A09C9F

analogous

#9DA09C #9CA09D #9CA09F

triadic

#9CA09D #9D9CA0 #A09D9C

tetradic

#9CA09D #9C9DA0 #A09C9F #A09F9C

square

#9CA09D #9C9DA0 #A09C9F #A09F9C

split-complementary

#9CA09D #9F9CA0 #A09C9D

monochromatic

#5F6360 #7D827E #9CA09D #BBBEBC #DADCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9CA09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9CA09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA09D

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA09D	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.006 153.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcb9',
    500: '#9ca09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca09d;
$custom-light: #b9bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 2.062,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70158,
    "c": 0.00628,
    "h": 153.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA09D

secondary

#CDCBCC

accent

#5A7F8C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA09D

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

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