#9EA496#9EA496

#9EA496 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.021 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA496
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(86, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -4.77, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 8.08, 126.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0124 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.021 126)
XYZ	xyz(32.8802, 36.0220, 34.0690)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA496 #9C96A4

analogous

#A4A396 #9EA496 #97A496

triadic

#9EA496 #969EA4 #A4969E

tetradic

#9EA496 #96A4A3 #9C96A4 #A49697

square

#9EA496 #96A4A3 #9C96A4 #A49697

split-complementary

#9EA496 #9697A4 #A396A4

monochromatic

#616759 #808775 #9EA496 #BCC0B7 #DBDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9EA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9EA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA496

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA496	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.021 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfb4',
    500: '#9ea496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea496;
$custom-light: #babfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.02105,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.36022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA496

secondary

#CBC8CE

accent

#54916E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA496

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

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