#9CA8A7#9CA8A7

#9CA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.014 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8A7
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(175, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -4.41, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 4.51, 191.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0134 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.014 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6865, 37.8628, 42.0325)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8A7 #A89C9D

analogous

#9CA8A1 #9CA8A7 #9CA3A8

triadic

#9CA8A7 #A79CA8 #A8A79C

tetradic

#9CA8A7 #A19CA8 #A89C9D #A3A89C

square

#9CA8A7 #A19CA8 #A89C9D #A3A89C

split-complementary

#9CA8A7 #A89CA3 #A8A19C

monochromatic

#5E6B6A #7B8B8A #9CA8A7 #BDC5C4 #DDE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9CA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8A7

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8A7	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.014 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1c1',
    500: '#9ca8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8a7;
$custom-light: #b9c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72178,
    "c": 0.01363,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8A7

secondary

#D2CECE

accent

#555A90

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8A7

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

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