#9EA8A4#9EA8A4

#9EA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.013 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8A4
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(156, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -4.31, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 4.39, 168.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0125 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.013 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8027, 37.9544, 40.6072)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8A4 #A89EA2

analogous

#9EA89F #9EA8A4 #9EA7A8

triadic

#9EA8A4 #A49EA8 #A8A49E

tetradic

#9EA8A4 #9F9EA8 #A89EA2 #A7A89E

square

#9EA8A4 #9F9EA8 #A89EA2 #A7A89E

split-complementary

#9EA8A4 #A89EA7 #A89F9E

monochromatic

#606B67 #7E8B86 #9EA8A4 #BEC5C2 #DFE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9EA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8A4

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8A4	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.013 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1bf',
    500: '#9ea8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8a4;
$custom-light: #bac1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.01266,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8A4

secondary

#D3CFD1

accent

#566D8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8A4

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

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