#9CA8A0#9CA8A0

#9CA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.018 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8A0
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(140, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(140, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -5.78, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 6.37, 155.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0163 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.018 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0568, 37.6109, 38.7163)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8A0 #A89CA4

analogous

#9EA89C #9CA8A0 #9CA8A6

triadic

#9CA8A0 #A09CA8 #A8A09C

tetradic

#9CA8A0 #9C9EA8 #A89CA4 #A8A69C

square

#9CA8A0 #9C9EA8 #A89CA4 #A8A69C

split-complementary

#9CA8A0 #A69CA8 #A89C9E

monochromatic

#5E6B63 #7B8B81 #9CA8A0 #BDC5BF #DDE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9CA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8A0

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8A0	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.018 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1bc',
    500: '#9ca8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8a0;
$custom-light: #b9c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.01771,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8A0

secondary

#D2CED1

accent

#557D90

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8A0

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

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