#9EA4A0#9EA4A0

#9EA4A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4A0
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 160)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -2.91, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 3.19, 155.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0082 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(33.7200, 36.3579, 38.4922)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4A0 #A49EA2

analogous

#9FA49E #9EA4A0 #9EA4A3

triadic

#9EA4A0 #A09EA4 #A4A09E

tetradic

#9EA4A0 #9E9FA4 #A49EA2 #A4A39E

square

#9EA4A0 #9E9FA4 #A49EA2 #A4A39E

split-complementary

#9EA4A0 #A39EA4 #A49E9F

monochromatic

#616763 #7E8681 #9EA4A0 #BEC2BF #DDDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9EA4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#9EA4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4A0

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4A0	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)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfbc',
    500: '#9ea4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4a0;
$custom-light: #babfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71265,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.36358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4A0

secondary

#D0CECF

accent

#597B8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4A0

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

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