#9CA2A6#9CA2A6

#9CA2A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2A6
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 166)
HSL	hsl(204, 5%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -1.34, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 3.12, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.005 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5122, 35.6615, 41.1868)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2A6 #A6A09C

analogous

#9CA6A5 #9CA2A6 #9C9DA6

triadic

#9CA2A6 #A69CA2 #A2A69C

tetradic

#9CA2A6 #A59CA6 #A6A09C #9DA69C

square

#9CA2A6 #A59CA6 #A6A09C #9DA69C

split-complementary

#9CA2A6 #A69C9D #A6A59C

monochromatic

#5E6569 #7C8489 #9CA2A6 #BCC0C3 #DCDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#9CA2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2A6

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2A6	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdc0',
    500: '#9ca2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2a6;
$custom-light: #b9bdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 5.319,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70862,
    "c": 0.00902,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2A6

secondary

#D1CFCD

accent

#6D568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2A6

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

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