#9CA697#9CA697

#9CA697 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.024 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA697
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(100, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(100, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -6.39, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 9.15, 134.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0171 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.024 135)
XYZ	xyz(32.9315, 36.5745, 34.5968)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA697 #A197A6

analogous

#A4A697 #9CA697 #97A69A

triadic

#9CA697 #979CA6 #A6979C

tetradic

#9CA697 #97A4A6 #A197A6 #A69A97

square

#9CA697 #97A4A6 #A197A6 #A69A97

split-complementary

#9CA697 #9A97A6 #A697A4

monochromatic

#5F695A #7D8A76 #9CA697 #BBC2B8 #DBDED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9CA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA697

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA697	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.024 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0b5',
    500: '#9ca697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca697;
$custom-light: #b9c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 7.772,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.02417,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.36575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA697

secondary

#CDCACF

accent

#54927D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA697

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

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