#9CAAA4#9CAAA4

#9CAAA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.018 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAA4
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(154, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(154, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -6.09, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 6.25, 166.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0175 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.018 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7845, 38.4973, 40.7129)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAA4 #AA9CA2

analogous

#9CAA9D #9CAAA4 #9CA9AA

triadic

#9CAAA4 #A49CAA #AAA49C

tetradic

#9CAAA4 #9D9CAA #AA9CA2 #A9AA9C

square

#9CAAA4 #9D9CAA #AA9CA2 #A9AA9C

split-complementary

#9CAAA4 #AA9CA9 #AA9D9C

monochromatic

#5E6E67 #7B8E86 #9CAAA4 #BDC6C2 #DEE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CAAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9CAAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAA4

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAA4	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.018 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3bf',
    500: '#9caaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaa4;
$custom-light: #b9c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.01791,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAA4

secondary

#D3CED1

accent

#546E92

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAA4

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

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