#9CAAA2#9CAAA2

#9CAAA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.019 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAA2
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 162)
HSL	hsl(146, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(146, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -6.47, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 6.92, 159.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0184 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.019 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6053, 38.4256, 39.7691)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAA2 #AA9CA4

analogous

#9DAA9C #9CAAA2 #9CAAA9

triadic

#9CAAA2 #A29CAA #AAA29C

tetradic

#9CAAA2 #9C9DAA #AA9CA4 #AAA99C

square

#9CAAA2 #9C9DAA #AA9CA4 #AAA99C

split-complementary

#9CAAA2 #A99CAA #AA9C9D

monochromatic

#5E6E65 #7B8E83 #9CAAA2 #BDC6C1 #DEE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CAAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#9CAAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAA2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAA2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.019 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3bd',
    500: '#9caaa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaa2;
$custom-light: #b9c3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.01944,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAA2

secondary

#D3CED1

accent

#547792

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAA2

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

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