#9CA09F#9CA09F

#9CA09F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.005 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA09F
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 2%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(165, 3%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -1.62, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 1.62, 179.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0048 0)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.005 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5380, 34.7126, 37.7802)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA09F #A09C9D

analogous

#9CA09D #9CA09F #9C9FA0

triadic

#9CA09F #9F9CA0 #A09F9C

tetradic

#9CA09F #9D9CA0 #A09C9D #9FA09C

square

#9CA09F #9D9CA0 #A09C9D #9FA09C

split-complementary

#9CA09F #A09C9F #A09D9C

monochromatic

#5F6362 #7D8281 #9CA09F #BBBEBD #DADCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#9CA09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA09F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA09F	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#A09F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.005 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcbb',
    500: '#9ca09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca09f;
$custom-light: #b9bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 2.062,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70218,
    "c": 0.00481,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA09F

secondary

#CDCBCC

accent

#5A668C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA09F

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

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