#9CA6AA#9CA6AA

#9CA6AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA6AA
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -2.72, -3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 4.26, 230.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0093 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6007, 37.2422, 43.3880)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA6AA #AAA09C

analogous

#9CAAA7 #9CA6AA #9C9FAA

triadic

#9CA6AA #AA9CA6 #A6AA9C

tetradic

#9CA6AA #A79CAA #AAA09C #9FAA9C

square

#9CA6AA #A79CAA #AAA09C #9FAA9C

split-complementary

#9CA6AA #AA9C9F #AAA79C

monochromatic

#5E696E #7B888E #9CA6AA #BDC4C6 #DEE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9CA6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#9CA6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA6AA

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA6AA	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0c3',
    500: '#9ca6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca6aa;
$custom-light: #b9c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.01278,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA6AA

secondary

#D3D0CE

accent

#665492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA6AA

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

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