#9CA09E#9CA09E

#9CA09E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.005 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA09E
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(150, 2%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(150, 3%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -1.82, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 1.90, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0052 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.005 165)
XYZ	xyz(32.4516, 34.6780, 37.3250)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA09E #A09C9E

analogous

#9CA09C #9CA09E #9CA0A0

triadic

#9CA09E #9E9CA0 #A09E9C

tetradic

#9CA09E #9C9CA0 #A09C9E #A0A09C

square

#9CA09E #9C9CA0 #A09C9E #A0A09C

split-complementary

#9CA09E #A09CA0 #A09C9C

monochromatic

#5F6361 #7D827F #9CA09E #BBBEBD #DADCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9CA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#9CA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA09E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA09E	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.005 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcba',
    500: '#9ca09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca09e;
$custom-light: #b9bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.062,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70188,
    "c": 0.0054,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.34678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA09E

secondary

#CDCBCC

accent

#5A738C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA09E

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

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