#9CA2A2#9CA2A2

#9CA2A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2A2
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -2.13, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 2.26, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0066 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(33.1510, 35.5170, 39.2844)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2A2 #A29C9C

analogous

#9CA29F #9CA2A2 #9C9FA2

triadic

#9CA2A2 #A29CA2 #A2A29C

tetradic

#9CA2A2 #9F9CA2 #A29C9C #9FA29C

square

#9CA2A2 #9F9CA2 #A29C9C #9FA29C

split-complementary

#9CA2A2 #A29C9F #A29F9C

monochromatic

#5F6565 #7C8484 #9CA2A2 #BCC0C0 #DBDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9CA2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#9CA2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2A2

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2A2	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdbd',
    500: '#9ca2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2a2;
$custom-light: #b9bdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70738,
    "c": 0.00688,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.35517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2A2

secondary

#CECCCC

accent

#59598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2A2

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

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