#9EA0A0#9EA0A0

#9EA0A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0A0
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -0.72, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 0.76, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0022 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0154, 34.9487, 38.2573)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0A0 #A09E9E

analogous

#9EA09F #9EA0A0 #9E9FA0

triadic

#9EA0A0 #A09EA0 #A0A09E

tetradic

#9EA0A0 #9F9EA0 #A09E9E #9FA09E

square

#9EA0A0 #9F9EA0 #A09E9E #9FA09E

split-complementary

#9EA0A0 #A09E9F #A09F9E

monochromatic

#616363 #7F8282 #9EA0A0 #BDBEBE #DCDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9EA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#9EA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0A0

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0A0	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcbc',
    500: '#9ea0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0a0;
$custom-light: #babcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70411,
    "c": 0.00231,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0A0

secondary

#CDCDCD

accent

#5B5B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0A0

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

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