#9CA596#9CA596

#9CA596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.024 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA596
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(96, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(96, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -6.04, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 9.00, 132.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.016 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.024 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6695, 36.1801, 34.1106)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA596 #9F96A5

analogous

#A4A596 #9CA596 #96A598

triadic

#9CA596 #969CA5 #A5969C

tetradic

#9CA596 #96A4A5 #9F96A5 #A59896

square

#9CA596 #96A4A5 #9F96A5 #A59896

split-complementary

#9CA596 #9896A5 #A596A4

monochromatic

#5F6859 #7D8975 #9CA596 #BBC1B7 #DADDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#9CA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA596

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA596	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.024 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfb4',
    500: '#9ca596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca596;
$custom-light: #b9bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71035,
    "c": 0.02367,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA596

secondary

#CCC9CE

accent

#549279

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA596

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

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