#9E98A2#9E98A2

#9E98A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E98A2
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 162)
HSL	hsl(276, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(276, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 4.11, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 6.05, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0107 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8493, 32.3343, 38.7387)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E98A2 #9CA298

analogous

#9998A2 #9E98A2 #A298A1

triadic

#9E98A2 #A29E98 #98A29E

tetradic

#9E98A2 #A29998 #9CA298 #98A1A2

square

#9E98A2 #A29998 #9CA298 #98A1A2

split-complementary

#9E98A2 #A1A298 #98A299

monochromatic

#615B65 #807885 #9E98A2 #BCB8BF #DBD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9E98A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#9E98A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E98A2

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E98A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E98A2	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e98a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab6bd',
    500: '#9e98a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e98a2;
$custom-light: #bab6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e98a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 5.102,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6879,
    "c": 0.01596,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E98A2

secondary

#CBCDC9

accent

#8F576D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E98A2

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

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