#9CAA9C#9CAA9C

#9CAA9C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.025 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA9C
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(120, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(120, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -7.62, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 9.42, 143.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0209 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.025 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0846, 38.2173, 37.0270)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA9C #AA9CAA

analogous

#A3AA9C #9CAA9C #9CAAA3

triadic

#9CAA9C #9C9CAA #AA9C9C

tetradic

#9CAA9C #9CA3AA #AA9CAA #AAA39C

square

#9CAA9C #9CA3AA #AA9CAA #AAA39C

split-complementary

#9CAA9C #A39CAA #AA9CA3

monochromatic

#5E6E5E #7B8E7B #9CAA9C #BDC6BD #DEE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9CAA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9CAA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA9C

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA9C	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.025 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3b9',
    500: '#9caa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa9c;
$custom-light: #b9c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.02539,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA9C

secondary

#D3CED3

accent

#549292

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA9C

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

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