#9E9296#9E9296

#9E9296 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.015 H 355.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9296
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 150)
HSL	hsl(340, 6%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(340, 8%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 5.17, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 5.19, 354.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0152 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.015 355.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8838, 30.0292, 33.0702)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9296 #929E9A

analogous

#9E929C #9E9296 #9E9492

triadic

#9E9296 #969E92 #92969E

tetradic

#9E9296 #9C9E92 #929E9A #94929E

square

#9E9296 #9C9E92 #929E9A #94929E

split-complementary

#9E9296 #929E94 #929C9E

monochromatic

#605659 #807277 #9E9296 #BBB2B5 #D8D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9E9296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#9E9296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9296

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9296	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.015 355.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab2b4',
    500: '#9e9296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9296;
$custom-light: #bab2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 5.825,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67161,
    "c": 0.01529,
    "h": 355.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9296

secondary

#C4C8C7

accent

#AF9D79

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F5F6

border

#D0CFD0

text

#111011

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9296

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

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