#9CA2A0#9CA2A0

#9CA2A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2A0
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 160)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -2.53, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 2.54, 173.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0074 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9746, 35.4465, 38.3555)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2A0 #A29C9E

analogous

#9CA29D #9CA2A0 #9CA1A2

triadic

#9CA2A0 #A09CA2 #A2A09C

tetradic

#9CA2A0 #9D9CA2 #A29C9E #A1A29C

square

#9CA2A0 #9D9CA2 #A29C9E #A1A29C

split-complementary

#9CA2A0 #A29CA1 #A29D9C

monochromatic

#5F6563 #7C8482 #9CA2A0 #BCC0BE #DBDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA2A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#9CA2A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2A0

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2A0	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdbc',
    500: '#9ca2a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2a0;
$custom-light: #b9bdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.00743,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2A0

secondary

#CECCCD

accent

#596A8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2A0

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

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