#9EA6AC#9EA6AC

#9EA6AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.013 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA6AC
RGB	rgb(158, 166, 172)
HSL	hsl(206, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -1.62, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 4.38, 248.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0063 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.013 240)
XYZ	xyz(35.1816, 37.5197, 44.4102)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA6AC #ACA49E

analogous

#9EACAB #9EA6AC #9E9FAC

triadic

#9EA6AC #AC9EA6 #A6AC9E

tetradic

#9EA6AC #AB9EAC #ACA49E #9FAC9E

square

#9EA6AC #AB9EAC #ACA49E #9FAC9E

split-complementary

#9EA6AC #AC9E9F #ACAB9E

monochromatic

#606970 #7D8890 #9EA6AC #BFC4C8 #E0E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EA6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9EA6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA6AC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA6AC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 166, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.013 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac0c4',
    500: '#9ea6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea6ac;
$custom-light: #bac0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.01261,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.3752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA6AC

secondary

#D5D3D0

accent

#6E5492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA6AC

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

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