#9CA0A0#9CA0A0

#9CA0A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.005 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA0A0
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -1.43, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 1.51, 199.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0044 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.005 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6251, 34.7475, 38.2390)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA0A0 #A09C9C

analogous

#9CA09E #9CA0A0 #9C9EA0

triadic

#9CA0A0 #A09CA0 #A0A09C

tetradic

#9CA0A0 #9E9CA0 #A09C9C #9EA09C

square

#9CA0A0 #9E9CA0 #A09C9C #9EA09C

split-complementary

#9CA0A0 #A09C9E #A09E9C

monochromatic

#5F6363 #7D8282 #9CA0A0 #BBBEBE #DADCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#9CA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA0A0

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA0A0	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.005 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcbc',
    500: '#9ca0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca0a0;
$custom-light: #b9bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.062,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.0046,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA0A0

secondary

#CDCBCB

accent

#5A5A8C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA0A0

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

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