#9CA49E#9CA49E

#9CA49E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.013 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA49E
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(135, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(135, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -4.00, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 4.53, 152.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0112 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.013 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1562, 36.0873, 37.5599)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA49E #A49CA2

analogous

#9EA49C #9CA49E #9CA4A2

triadic

#9CA49E #9E9CA4 #A49E9C

tetradic

#9CA49E #9C9EA4 #A49CA2 #A4A29C

square

#9CA49E #9C9EA4 #A49CA2 #A4A29C

split-complementary

#9CA49E #A29CA4 #A49C9E

monochromatic

#5F6761 #7C877F #9CA49E #BCC1BD #DCDFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CA49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA49E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA49E	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.013 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfba',
    500: '#9ca49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca49e;
$custom-light: #b9bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 4.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.0125,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA49E

secondary

#CFCCCF

accent

#57808E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA49E

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

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