#9CA4A4#9CA4A4

#9CA4A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.009 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA4A4
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -2.83, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 3.00, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0087 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.009 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6853, 36.2989, 40.3465)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA4A4 #A49C9C

analogous

#9CA4A0 #9CA4A4 #9CA0A4

triadic

#9CA4A4 #A49CA4 #A4A49C

tetradic

#9CA4A4 #A09CA4 #A49C9C #A0A49C

square

#9CA4A4 #A09CA4 #A49C9C #A0A49C

split-complementary

#9CA4A4 #A49CA0 #A4A09C

monochromatic

#5F6767 #7C8787 #9CA4A4 #BCC1C1 #DCDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CA4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9CA4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA4A4

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA4A4	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.009 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfbf',
    500: '#9ca4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca4a4;
$custom-light: #b9bfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71227,
    "c": 0.00913,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA4A4

secondary

#CFCCCC

accent

#57578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA4A4

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

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