#9CA899#9CA899

#9CA899 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.025 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA899
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(108, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(108, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -7.10, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 9.50, 138.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0192 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.025 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4617, 37.3728, 35.5816)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA899 #A599A8

analogous

#A3A899 #9CA899 #99A89D

triadic

#9CA899 #999CA8 #A8999C

tetradic

#9CA899 #99A3A8 #A599A8 #A89D99

square

#9CA899 #99A3A8 #A599A8 #A89D99

split-complementary

#9CA899 #9D99A8 #A899A3

monochromatic

#5F6B5B #7C8C78 #9CA899 #BCC4BA #DCE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9CA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9CA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA899

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA899	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.025 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1b7',
    500: '#9ca899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca899;
$custom-light: #b9c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.02528,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA899

secondary

#D0CCD1

accent

#549285

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA899

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

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