#9CA8AA#9CA8AA

#9CA8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.014 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA8AA
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(189, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -3.81, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 4.55, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0122 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.014 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9671, 37.9750, 43.5101)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA8AA #AA9E9C

analogous

#9CAAA5 #9CA8AA #9CA1AA

triadic

#9CA8AA #AA9CA8 #A8AA9C

tetradic

#9CA8AA #A59CAA #AA9E9C #A1AA9C

square

#9CA8AA #A59CAA #AA9E9C #A1AA9C

split-complementary

#9CA8AA #AA9CA1 #AAA59C

monochromatic

#5E6B6E #7B8B8E #9CA8AA #BDC5C6 #DEE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9CA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA8AA

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA8AA	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.014 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1c3',
    500: '#9ca8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca8aa;
$custom-light: #b9c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA8AA

secondary

#D3CFCE

accent

#5D5492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA8AA

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

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