#9CAAA6#9CAAA6

#9CAAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.017 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAA6
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(163, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(163, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -5.69, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 5.70, 176.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0167 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.017 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9665, 38.5701, 41.6716)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAA6 #AA9CA0

analogous

#9CAA9F #9CAAA6 #9CA7AA

triadic

#9CAAA6 #A69CAA #AAA69C

tetradic

#9CAAA6 #9F9CAA #AA9CA0 #A7AA9C

square

#9CAAA6 #9F9CAA #AA9CA0 #A7AA9C

split-complementary

#9CAAA6 #AA9CA7 #AA9F9C

monochromatic

#5E6E69 #7B8E88 #9CAAA6 #BDC6C4 #DEE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CAAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#9CAAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAA6

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAA6	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.017 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3c0',
    500: '#9caaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaa6;
$custom-light: #b9c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.01674,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAA6

secondary

#D3CED0

accent

#546692

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAA6

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

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