#9E9EAA#9E9EAA

#9E9EAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.017 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9EAA
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 2.37, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 6.66, 290.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0048 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.017 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5817, 34.6250, 42.9365)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9EAA #AAAA9E

analogous

#9EA4AA #9E9EAA #A49EAA

triadic

#9E9EAA #AA9E9E #9EAA9E

tetradic

#9E9EAA #AA9EA4 #AAAA9E #9EAAA4

square

#9E9EAA #AA9EA4 #AAAA9E #9EAAA4

split-complementary

#9E9EAA #AAA49E #A4AA9E

monochromatic

#60606E #7D7D8D #9E9EAA #BFBFC7 #DFDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9E9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9E9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9EAA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9EAA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.017 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babac3',
    500: '#9e9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9eaa;
$custom-light: #babac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.01733,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9EAA

secondary

#D4D4D0

accent

#915591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9EAA

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

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