#9CA6A2#9CA6A2

#9CA6A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.013 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA6A2
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 162)
HSL	hsl(156, 5%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -4.31, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 4.40, 168.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0125 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.013 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8668, 36.9487, 39.5230)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA6A2 #A69CA0

analogous

#9CA69D #9CA6A2 #9CA5A6

triadic

#9CA6A2 #A29CA6 #A6A29C

tetradic

#9CA6A2 #9D9CA6 #A69CA0 #A5A69C

square

#9CA6A2 #9D9CA6 #A69CA0 #A5A69C

split-complementary

#9CA6A2 #A69CA5 #A69D9C

monochromatic

#5E6965 #7C8984 #9CA6A2 #BCC3C0 #DCE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9CA6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA6A2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA6A2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.013 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0bd',
    500: '#9ca6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca6a2;
$custom-light: #b9c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 5.319,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.01269,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA6A2

secondary

#D1CDCF

accent

#566D8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA6A2

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

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