#9CA8A3#9CA8A3

#9CA8A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.015 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8A3
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(155, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(155, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -5.20, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 5.32, 167.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.015 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.015 169)
XYZ	xyz(34.3224, 37.7172, 40.1151)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8A3 #A89CA1

analogous

#9CA89D #9CA8A3 #9CA7A8

triadic

#9CA8A3 #A39CA8 #A8A39C

tetradic

#9CA8A3 #9D9CA8 #A89CA1 #A7A89C

square

#9CA8A3 #9D9CA8 #A89CA1 #A7A89C

split-complementary

#9CA8A3 #A89CA7 #A89D9C

monochromatic

#5E6B66 #7B8B85 #9CA8A3 #BDC5C1 #DDE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9CA8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8A3

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8A3	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)

#A7A6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.015 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1be',
    500: '#9ca8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8a3;
$custom-light: #b9c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.01531,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8A3

secondary

#D2CED0

accent

#556E90

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8A3

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

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