#9CA698#9CA698

#9CA698 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.023 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA698
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(103, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(103, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -6.21, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 8.66, 135.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0167 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.023 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0130, 36.6072, 35.0263)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA698 #A298A6

analogous

#A3A698 #9CA698 #98A69B

triadic

#9CA698 #989CA6 #A6989C

tetradic

#9CA698 #98A3A6 #A298A6 #A69B98

square

#9CA698 #98A3A6 #A298A6 #A69B98

split-complementary

#9CA698 #9B98A6 #A698A3

monochromatic

#5F695B #7C8A77 #9CA698 #BCC2B9 #DBDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CA698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9CA698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA698

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA698	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#A7A497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.023 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0b6',
    500: '#9ca698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca698;
$custom-light: #b9c0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.857,
    "s": 7.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.02293,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA698

secondary

#CECACF

accent

#549180

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA698

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

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