#9E9EA0#9E9EA0

#9E9EA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.003 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EA0
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 0.38, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 1.11, 290.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0008 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.003 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6715, 34.2609, 38.1427)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EA0 #A0A09E

analogous

#9E9FA0 #9E9EA0 #9F9EA0

triadic

#9E9EA0 #A09E9E #9EA09E

tetradic

#9E9EA0 #A09E9F #A0A09E #9EA09F

square

#9E9EA0 #A09E9F #A0A09E #9EA09F

split-complementary

#9E9EA0 #A09F9E #9FA09E

monochromatic

#616163 #7F7F82 #9E9EA0 #BDBDBE #DCDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9E9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9E9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EA0

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EA0	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.003 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bababc',
    500: '#9e9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9ea0;
$custom-light: #bababc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.00288,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EA0

secondary

#CDCDCD

accent

#8B5B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EA0

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

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