#9CA8A2#9CA8A2

#9CA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.016 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8A2
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(150, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(150, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -5.40, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 5.64, 163.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0154 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.016 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2332, 37.6815, 39.6451)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8A2 #A89CA2

analogous

#9CA89C #9CA8A2 #9CA8A8

triadic

#9CA8A2 #A29CA8 #A8A29C

tetradic

#9CA8A2 #9C9CA8 #A89CA2 #A8A89C

square

#9CA8A2 #9C9CA8 #A89CA2 #A8A89C

split-complementary

#9CA8A2 #A89CA8 #A89C9C

monochromatic

#5E6B65 #7B8B83 #9CA8A2 #BDC5C1 #DDE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9CA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8A2

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8A2	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.016 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1bd',
    500: '#9ca8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8a2;
$custom-light: #b9c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.01602,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8A2

secondary

#D2CED0

accent

#557390

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8A2

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

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