#9E998F#9E998F

#9E998F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.016 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E998F
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(40, 7%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 9%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 0.00, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 5.90, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0015 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.016 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4492, 32.0350, 30.5606)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E998F #8F949E

analogous

#9E928F #9E998F #9C9E8F

triadic

#9E998F #8F9E99 #998F9E

tetradic

#9E998F #8F9E92 #8F949E #9E8F9C

square

#9E998F #8F9E92 #8F949E #9E8F9C

split-complementary

#9E998F #8F9C9E #928F9E

monochromatic

#605B53 #817B6F #9E998F #BAB7B0 #D7D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9E998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#9E998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E998F

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E998F	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.016 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7af',
    500: '#9e998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e998f;
$custom-light: #bab7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 7.177,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68427,
    "c": 0.01553,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E998F

secondary

#C1C3C7

accent

#8AB078

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E998F

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

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