#9CA6A4#9CA6A4

#9CA6A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.012 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA6A4
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 5%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(168, 6%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -3.92, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 3.93, 182.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0117 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.012 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0460, 37.0204, 40.4667)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA6A4 #A69C9E

analogous

#9CA69F #9CA6A4 #9CA3A6

triadic

#9CA6A4 #A49CA6 #A6A49C

tetradic

#9CA6A4 #9F9CA6 #A69C9E #A3A69C

square

#9CA6A4 #9F9CA6 #A69C9E #A3A69C

split-complementary

#9CA6A4 #A69CA3 #A69F9C

monochromatic

#5E6967 #7C8986 #9CA6A4 #BCC3C2 #DCE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#9CA6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA6A4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA6A4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.012 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0bf',
    500: '#9ca6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca6a4;
$custom-light: #b9c0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 5.319,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.01169,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA6A4

secondary

#D1CDCE

accent

#56628F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA6A4

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

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