#9CA89C#9CA89C

#9CA89C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.022 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA89C
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 156)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -6.54, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 8.08, 144.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0179 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.022 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7125, 37.4732, 36.9030)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA89C #A89CA8

analogous

#A2A89C #9CA89C #9CA8A2

triadic

#9CA89C #9C9CA8 #A89C9C

tetradic

#9CA89C #9CA2A8 #A89CA8 #A8A29C

square

#9CA89C #9CA2A8 #A89CA8 #A8A29C

split-complementary

#9CA89C #A29CA8 #A89CA2

monochromatic

#5E6B5E #7B8B7B #9CA89C #BDC5BD #DDE1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CA89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9CA89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA89C

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA89C	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.022 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1b9',
    500: '#9ca89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca89c;
$custom-light: #b9c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.02181,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA89C

secondary

#D2CED2

accent

#559090

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA89C

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

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