#9EA8A2#9EA8A2

#9EA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.014 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8A2
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(144, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(144, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -4.69, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 5.05, 158.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0133 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.014 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6235, 37.8827, 39.6634)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8A2 #A89EA4

analogous

#9FA89E #9EA8A2 #9EA8A7

triadic

#9EA8A2 #A29EA8 #A8A29E

tetradic

#9EA8A2 #9E9FA8 #A89EA4 #A8A79E

square

#9EA8A2 #9E9FA8 #A89EA4 #A8A79E

split-complementary

#9EA8A2 #A79EA8 #A89E9F

monochromatic

#606B65 #7E8B83 #9EA8A2 #BEC5C1 #DFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9EA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8A2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8A2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.014 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1bd',
    500: '#9ea8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8a2;
$custom-light: #bac1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72182,
    "c": 0.01417,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8A2

secondary

#D3CFD1

accent

#56788F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8A2

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

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