#9EA8A5#9EA8A5

#9EA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.012 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8A5
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(162, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -4.11, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 4.12, 175.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0121 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.012 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8934, 37.9907, 41.0846)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8A5 #A89EA1

analogous

#9EA8A0 #9EA8A5 #9EA6A8

triadic

#9EA8A5 #A59EA8 #A8A59E

tetradic

#9EA8A5 #A09EA8 #A89EA1 #A6A89E

square

#9EA8A5 #A09EA8 #A89EA1 #A6A89E

split-complementary

#9EA8A5 #A89EA6 #A8A09E

monochromatic

#606B68 #7E8B87 #9EA8A5 #BEC5C3 #DFE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9EA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8A5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8A5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.012 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1bf',
    500: '#9ea8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8a5;
$custom-light: #bac1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72272,
    "c": 0.01209,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8A5

secondary

#D3CFD0

accent

#56678F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8A5

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

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