#9E9EA4#9E9EA4

#9E9EA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EA4
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 1.17, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 3.33, 290.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0024 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0270, 34.4031, 40.0153)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EA4 #A4A49E

analogous

#9EA1A4 #9E9EA4 #A19EA4

triadic

#9E9EA4 #A49E9E #9EA49E

tetradic

#9E9EA4 #A49EA1 #A4A49E #9EA4A1

square

#9E9EA4 #A49EA1 #A4A49E #9EA4A1

split-complementary

#9E9EA4 #A4A19E #A1A49E

monochromatic

#616167 #7E7E86 #9E9EA4 #BEBEC2 #DDDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9E9EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9E9EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EA4

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EA4	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bababf',
    500: '#9e9ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9ea4;
$custom-light: #bababf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70113,
    "c": 0.00864,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EA4

secondary

#D0D0CE

accent

#8D598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EA4

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

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