#9CA29E#9CA29E

#9CA29E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA29E
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 158)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 2.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -2.91, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 3.20, 155.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0082 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(32.8011, 35.3770, 37.4415)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA29E #A29CA0

analogous

#9DA29C #9CA29E #9CA2A1

triadic

#9CA29E #9E9CA2 #A29E9C

tetradic

#9CA29E #9C9DA2 #A29CA0 #A2A19C

square

#9CA29E #9C9DA2 #A29CA0 #A2A19C

split-complementary

#9CA29E #A19CA2 #A29C9D

monochromatic

#5F6561 #7C847F #9CA29E #BCC0BD #DBDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA29E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9CA29E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA29E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA29E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA29E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca29e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdba',
    500: '#9ca29e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca29e;
$custom-light: #b9bdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca29e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.00892,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.35377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA29E

secondary

#CECCCD

accent

#597B8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA29E

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

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