#9E949E#9E949E

#9E949E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.018 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E949E
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 158)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 5.56, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 6.81, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0153 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.019 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8611, 30.9178, 36.6831)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E949E #949E94

analogous

#99949E #9E949E #9E9499

triadic

#9E949E #9E9E94 #949E9E

tetradic

#9E949E #9E9994 #949E94 #94999E

square

#9E949E #9E9994 #949E94 #94999E

split-complementary

#9E949E #999E94 #949E99

monochromatic

#605760 #807480 #9E949E #BBB4BB #D8D4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9E949E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9E949E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E949E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E949E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E949E	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e949e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.018 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab3ba',
    500: '#9e949e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e949e;
$custom-light: #bab3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e949e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67829,
    "c": 0.0185,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E949E

secondary

#C5C9C5

accent

#AE7A7A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E949E

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

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