#9EA4A2#9EA4A2

#9EA4A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4A2
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -2.52, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 2.54, 173.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0074 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8964, 36.4285, 39.4210)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4A2 #A49EA0

analogous

#9EA49F #9EA4A2 #9EA3A4

triadic

#9EA4A2 #A29EA4 #A4A29E

tetradic

#9EA4A2 #9F9EA4 #A49EA0 #A3A49E

square

#9EA4A2 #9F9EA4 #A49EA0 #A3A49E

split-complementary

#9EA4A2 #A49EA3 #A49F9E

monochromatic

#616765 #7E8684 #9EA4A2 #BEC2C0 #DDDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EA4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#9EA4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4A2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4A2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfbd',
    500: '#9ea4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4a2;
$custom-light: #babfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.00741,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4A2

secondary

#D0CECF

accent

#596A8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4A2

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

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