#9EA3AA#9EA3AA

#9EA3AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.012 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA3AA
RGB	rgb(158, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(215, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(215, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -0.39, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 4.25, 264.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0027 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.012 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4520, 36.3655, 43.2266)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA3AA #AAA59E

analogous

#9EA9AA #9EA3AA #9F9EAA

triadic

#9EA3AA #AA9EA3 #A3AA9E

tetradic

#9EA3AA #AA9EA9 #AAA59E #9EAA9F

square

#9EA3AA #AA9EA9 #AAA59E #9EAA9F

split-complementary

#9EA3AA #AA9F9E #A9AA9E

monochromatic

#60666E #7D848D #9EA3AA #BFC2C7 #DFE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9EA3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#9EA3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA3AA

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA3AA	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.012 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babec3',
    500: '#9ea3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea3aa;
$custom-light: #babec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71361,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA3AA

secondary

#D4D2D0

accent

#785591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA3AA

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

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