#9CA199#9CA199

#9CA199 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.013 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA199
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(98, 4%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 5%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -3.31, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 4.85, 133.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0088 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.013 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2040, 34.8575, 35.1624)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA199 #9E99A1

analogous

#A0A199 #9CA199 #99A19A

triadic

#9CA199 #999CA1 #A1999C

tetradic

#9CA199 #99A0A1 #9E99A1 #A19A99

square

#9CA199 #99A0A1 #9E99A1 #A19A99

split-complementary

#9CA199 #9A99A1 #A199A0

monochromatic

#5F645C #7D8479 #9CA199 #BBBEB9 #DADCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#9CA199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA199

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA199	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.013 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcb7',
    500: '#9ca199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca199;
$custom-light: #b9bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 4.082,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70255,
    "c": 0.01278,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA199

secondary

#CBC9CC

accent

#588E7A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA199

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

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