#9E989E#9E989E

#9E989E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E989E
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 3.33, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 4.08, 324.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0091 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4994, 32.1943, 36.8958)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E989E #989E98

analogous

#9B989E #9E989E #9E989B

triadic

#9E989E #9E9E98 #989E9E

tetradic

#9E989E #9E9B98 #989E98 #989B9E

square

#9E989E #9E9B98 #989E98 #989B9E

split-complementary

#9E989E #9B9E98 #989E9B

monochromatic

#615B61 #807980 #9E989E #BCB8BC #D9D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9E989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#9E989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E989E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E989E	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab6ba',
    500: '#9e989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e989e;
$custom-light: #bab6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68662,
    "c": 0.01107,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E989E

secondary

#C8CAC8

accent

#8D5959

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E989E

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

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