#9EA8A0#9EA8A0

#9EA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.016 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8A0
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(132, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(132, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -5.08, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 5.85, 150.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0141 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.016 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4471, 37.8122, 38.7346)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8A0 #A89EA6

analogous

#A1A89E #9EA8A0 #9EA8A5

triadic

#9EA8A0 #A09EA8 #A8A09E

tetradic

#9EA8A0 #9EA1A8 #A89EA6 #A8A59E

square

#9EA8A0 #9EA1A8 #A89EA6 #A8A59E

split-complementary

#9EA8A0 #A59EA8 #A89EA1

monochromatic

#606B62 #7E8B80 #9EA8A0 #BEC5C0 #DFE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9EA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8A0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8A0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.016 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1bc',
    500: '#9ea8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8a0;
$custom-light: #bac1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72124,
    "c": 0.01604,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8A0

secondary

#D3CFD2

accent

#56848F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8A0

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

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