#9E9CAA#9E9CAA

#9E9CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.020 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9CAA
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(249, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(249, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 3.48, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 7.83, 296.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0078 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.02 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2433, 33.9482, 42.8237)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9CAA #A8AA9C

analogous

#9CA1AA #9E9CAA #A59CAA

triadic

#9E9CAA #AA9E9C #9CAA9E

tetradic

#9E9CAA #AA9CA1 #A8AA9C #9CAAA5

square

#9E9CAA #AA9CA1 #A8AA9C #9CAAA5

split-complementary

#9E9CAA #AAA59C #A1AA9C

monochromatic

#605E6E #7E7B8E #9E9CAA #BEBDC6 #DFDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9E9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#9E9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9CAA

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9CAA	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.020 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab9c3',
    500: '#9e9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9caa;
$custom-light: #bab9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69889,
    "c": 0.02033,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9CAA

secondary

#D3D3CE

accent

#925489

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9CAA

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

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