#9CA89E#9CA89E

#9CA89E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.020 H 150.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA89E
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 158)
HSL	hsl(130, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(130, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -6.17, 3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 7.20, 148.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0171 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.02 150.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8833, 37.5415, 37.8023)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA89E #A89CA6

analogous

#A0A89C #9CA89E #9CA8A4

triadic

#9CA89E #9E9CA8 #A89E9C

tetradic

#9CA89E #9CA0A8 #A89CA6 #A8A49C

square

#9CA89E #9CA0A8 #A89CA6 #A8A49C

split-complementary

#9CA89E #A49CA8 #A89CA0

monochromatic

#5E6B60 #7B8B7E #9CA89E #BDC5BE #DDE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CA89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9CA89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA89E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA89E	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.020 150.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1ba',
    500: '#9ca89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca89e;
$custom-light: #b9c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71911,
    "c": 0.01966,
    "h": 150.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA89E

secondary

#D2CED1

accent

#558690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA89E

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

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