#9CAAAA#9CAAAA

#9CAAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.016 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAAAA
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -4.89, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 5.17, 198.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0151 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.016 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3391, 38.7191, 43.6341)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAAAA #AA9C9C

analogous

#9CAAA3 #9CAAAA #9CA3AA

triadic

#9CAAAA #AA9CAA #AAAA9C

tetradic

#9CAAAA #A39CAA #AA9C9C #A3AA9C

square

#9CAAAA #A39CAA #AA9C9C #A3AA9C

split-complementary

#9CAAAA #AA9CA3 #AAA39C

monochromatic

#5E6E6E #7B8E8E #9CAAAA #BDC6C6 #DEE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CAAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9CAAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAAAA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAAAA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.016 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3c3',
    500: '#9caaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caaaa;
$custom-light: #b9c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.01575,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAAAA

secondary

#D3CECE

accent

#545492

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAAAA

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

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