#9CA8A8#9CA8A8

#9CA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.014 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8A8
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -4.21, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 4.46, 199.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.013 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.014 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7793, 37.8999, 42.5213)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8A8 #A89C9C

analogous

#9CA8A2 #9CA8A8 #9CA2A8

triadic

#9CA8A8 #A89CA8 #A8A89C

tetradic

#9CA8A8 #A29CA8 #A89C9C #A2A89C

square

#9CA8A8 #A29CA8 #A89C9C #A2A89C

split-complementary

#9CA8A8 #A89CA2 #A8A29C

monochromatic

#5E6B6B #7B8B8B #9CA8A8 #BDC5C5 #DDE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8A8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8A8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.014 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1c1',
    500: '#9ca8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8a8;
$custom-light: #b9c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72209,
    "c": 0.01356,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8A8

secondary

#D2CECE

accent

#555590

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8A8

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

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