#9EA4A4#9EA4A4

#9EA4A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4A4
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -2.13, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 2.26, 199.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0066 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(34.0756, 36.5001, 40.3648)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4A4 #A49E9E

analogous

#9EA4A1 #9EA4A4 #9EA1A4

triadic

#9EA4A4 #A49EA4 #A4A49E

tetradic

#9EA4A4 #A19EA4 #A49E9E #A1A49E

square

#9EA4A4 #A19EA4 #A49E9E #A1A49E

split-complementary

#9EA4A4 #A49EA1 #A4A19E

monochromatic

#616767 #7E8686 #9EA4A4 #BEC2C2 #DDDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EA4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#9EA4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4A4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4A4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfbf',
    500: '#9ea4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4a4;
$custom-light: #babfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.191,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.00686,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4A4

secondary

#D0CECE

accent

#59598D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4A4

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

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