#9EA0A8#9EA0A8

#9EA0A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.012 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA0A8
RGB	rgb(158, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(228, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(228, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 0.86, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 4.48, 281.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.001 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.012 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7379, 35.2377, 42.0623)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA0A8 #A8A69E

analogous

#9EA5A8 #9EA0A8 #A19EA8

triadic

#9EA0A8 #A89EA0 #A0A89E

tetradic

#9EA0A8 #A89EA5 #A8A69E #9EA8A1

square

#9EA0A8 #A89EA5 #A8A69E #9EA8A1

split-complementary

#9EA0A8 #A8A19E #A5A89E

monochromatic

#60626B #7E808B #9EA0A8 #BEC0C5 #DFDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9EA0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#9EA0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA0A8

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA0A8	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.012 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babcc1',
    500: '#9ea0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea0a8;
$custom-light: #babcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70662,
    "c": 0.01179,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA0A8

secondary

#D3D2CF

accent

#84568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA0A8

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

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