#9CA496#9CA496

#9CA496 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.022 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA496
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(94, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(94, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -5.50, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 8.35, 131.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0145 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.022 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4899, 35.8207, 34.0507)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA496 #9E96A4

analogous

#A3A496 #9CA496 #96A497

triadic

#9CA496 #969CA4 #A4969C

tetradic

#9CA496 #96A3A4 #9E96A4 #A49796

square

#9CA496 #96A3A4 #9E96A4 #A49796

split-complementary

#9CA496 #9796A4 #A496A3

monochromatic

#5F6759 #7D8775 #9CA496 #BBC0B7 #DADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#9CA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA496

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA496	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)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.022 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfb4',
    500: '#9ca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca496;
$custom-light: #b9bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.02192,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA496

secondary

#CBC8CE

accent

#549177

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA496

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

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