#9CA2AA#9CA2AA

#9CA2AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.014 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA2AA
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(214, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -0.53, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 4.91, 263.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0034 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.014 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8848, 35.8106, 43.1494)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA2AA #AAA49C

analogous

#9CA9AA #9CA2AA #9D9CAA

triadic

#9CA2AA #AA9CA2 #A2AA9C

tetradic

#9CA2AA #AA9CA9 #AAA49C #9CAA9D

square

#9CA2AA #AA9CA9 #AAA49C #9CAA9D

split-complementary

#9CA2AA #AA9D9C #A9AA9C

monochromatic

#5E656E #7B838E #9CA2AA #BDC1C6 #DEE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CA2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#9CA2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA2AA

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA2AA	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.014 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdc3',
    500: '#9ca2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca2aa;
$custom-light: #b9bdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.01351,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA2AA

secondary

#D3D1CE

accent

#775492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA2AA

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

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