#9CAAA8#9CAAA8

#9CAAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.016 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAA8
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(171, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -5.29, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 5.33, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0159 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.016 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1514, 38.6440, 42.6453)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAA8 #AA9C9E

analogous

#9CAAA1 #9CAAA8 #9CA5AA

triadic

#9CAAA8 #A89CAA #AAA89C

tetradic

#9CAAA8 #A19CAA #AA9C9E #A5AA9C

square

#9CAAA8 #A19CAA #AA9C9E #A5AA9C

split-complementary

#9CAAA8 #AA9CA5 #AAA19C

monochromatic

#5E6E6B #7B8E8B #9CAAA8 #BDC6C5 #DEE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9CAAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#9CAAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAA8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAA8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.016 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3c1',
    500: '#9caaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaa8;
$custom-light: #b9c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.016,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAA8

secondary

#D3CECF

accent

#545D92

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAA8

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

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