#9EA8A6#9EA8A6

#9EA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.012 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8A6
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(168, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(168, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -3.91, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 3.92, 182.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0117 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.012 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9847, 38.0272, 41.5659)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8A6 #A89EA0

analogous

#9EA8A1 #9EA8A6 #9EA5A8

triadic

#9EA8A6 #A69EA8 #A8A69E

tetradic

#9EA8A6 #A19EA8 #A89EA0 #A5A89E

square

#9EA8A6 #A19EA8 #A89EA0 #A5A89E

split-complementary

#9EA8A6 #A89EA5 #A8A19E

monochromatic

#606B69 #7E8B88 #9EA8A6 #BEC5C4 #DFE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9EA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8A6

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8A6	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.012 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1c0',
    500: '#9ea8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8a6;
$custom-light: #bac1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.01167,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8A6

secondary

#D3CFD0

accent

#56628F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8A6

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

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