#9EA4A6#9EA4A6

#9EA4A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.007 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA4A6
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -1.74, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 2.48, 225.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0057 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.007 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2576, 36.5730, 41.3235)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA4A6 #A6A09E

analogous

#9EA6A4 #9EA4A6 #9EA0A6

triadic

#9EA4A6 #A69EA4 #A4A69E

tetradic

#9EA4A6 #A49EA6 #A6A09E #A0A69E

square

#9EA4A6 #A49EA6 #A6A09E #A0A69E

split-complementary

#9EA4A6 #A69EA0 #A6A49E

monochromatic

#606769 #7E8689 #9EA4A6 #BEC2C3 #DEE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EA4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#9EA4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA4A6

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA4A6	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.007 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babfc0',
    500: '#9ea4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea4a6;
$custom-light: #babfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 4.301,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.00746,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA4A6

secondary

#D1CFCE

accent

#65578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA4A6

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

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