#9CA3AA#9CA3AA

#9CA3AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.013 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA3AA
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(210, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -1.08, -4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 4.61, 256.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0048 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.013 248)
XYZ	xyz(34.0617, 36.1643, 43.2083)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA3AA #AAA39C

analogous

#9CAAAA #9CA3AA #9C9CAA

triadic

#9CA3AA #AA9CA3 #A3AA9C

tetradic

#9CA3AA #AA9CAA #AAA39C #9CAA9C

square

#9CA3AA #AA9CAA #AAA39C #9CAA9C

split-complementary

#9CA3AA #AA9C9C #AAAA9C

monochromatic

#5E666E #7B848E #9CA3AA #BDC2C6 #DEE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CA3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9CA3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA3AA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA3AA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.013 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bec3',
    500: '#9ca3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca3aa;
$custom-light: #b9bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71202,
    "c": 0.01295,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA3AA

secondary

#D3D1CE

accent

#735492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA3AA

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

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