#9CAAA3#9CAAA3

#9CAAA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.019 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAA3
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(150, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(150, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -6.28, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 6.57, 162.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0179 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.019 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6945, 38.4613, 40.2391)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAA3 #AA9CA3

analogous

#9CAA9C #9CAAA3 #9CAAAA

triadic

#9CAAA3 #A39CAA #AAA39C

tetradic

#9CAAA3 #9C9CAA #AA9CA3 #AAAA9C

square

#9CAAA3 #9C9CAA #AA9CA3 #AAAA9C

split-complementary

#9CAAA3 #AA9CAA #AA9C9C

monochromatic

#5E6E66 #7B8E84 #9CAAA3 #BDC6C2 #DEE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#9CAAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#9CAAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAA3

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAA3	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)

#A9A8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.019 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3be',
    500: '#9caaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaa3;
$custom-light: #b9c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.01863,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAA3

secondary

#D3CED1

accent

#547392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAA3

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

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