#9E9CA2#9E9CA2

#9E9CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9CA2
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 1.88, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 3.43, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0046 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5095, 33.6547, 38.9587)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9CA2 #A0A29C

analogous

#9C9DA2 #9E9CA2 #A19CA2

triadic

#9E9CA2 #A29E9C #9CA29E

tetradic

#9E9CA2 #A29C9D #A0A29C #9CA2A1

square

#9E9CA2 #A29C9D #A0A29C #9CA2A1

split-complementary

#9E9CA2 #A2A19C #9DA29C

monochromatic

#615F65 #7F7C84 #9E9CA2 #BDBCC0 #DCDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9E9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#9E9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9CA2

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9CA2	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9bd',
    500: '#9e9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9ca2;
$custom-light: #bab9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69628,
    "c": 0.00892,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9CA2

secondary

#CDCECC

accent

#8D597B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9CA2

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

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