#9CA8A4#9CA8A4

#9CA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.015 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8A4
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(160, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(160, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -5.01, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 5.04, 173.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0146 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.015 174)
XYZ	xyz(34.4124, 37.7531, 40.5889)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8A4 #A89CA0

analogous

#9CA89E #9CA8A4 #9CA6A8

triadic

#9CA8A4 #A49CA8 #A8A49C

tetradic

#9CA8A4 #9E9CA8 #A89CA0 #A6A89C

square

#9CA8A4 #9E9CA8 #A89CA0 #A6A89C

split-complementary

#9CA8A4 #A89CA6 #A89E9C

monochromatic

#5E6B67 #7B8B86 #9CA8A4 #BDC5C2 #DDE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9CA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8A4

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8A4	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.015 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1bf',
    500: '#9ca8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8a4;
$custom-light: #b9c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.0147,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.37754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8A4

secondary

#D2CECF

accent

#556990

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8A4

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

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