#9CA799#9CA799

#9CA799 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.024 H 139.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA799
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(107, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(107, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -6.56, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 8.83, 138.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0177 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.024 139)
XYZ	xyz(33.2777, 37.0050, 35.5203)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA799 #A499A7

analogous

#A3A799 #9CA799 #99A79D

triadic

#9CA799 #999CA7 #A7999C

tetradic

#9CA799 #99A3A7 #A499A7 #A79D99

square

#9CA799 #99A3A7 #A499A7 #A79D99

split-complementary

#9CA799 #9D99A7 #A799A3

monochromatic

#5F6A5C #7C8B78 #9CA799 #BCC3BA #DCE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#9CA799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA799

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA799	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)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.024 139.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1b7',
    500: '#9ca799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca799;
$custom-light: #b9c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.143,
    "s": 7.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.0235,
    "h": 139
  },
  "luminance": 0.37005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA799

secondary

#CFCBD0

accent

#549184

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA799

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

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