#9EA8AC#9EA8AC

#9EA8AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA8AC
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -2.72, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 4.25, 230.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0092 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5480, 38.2525, 44.5324)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA8AC #ACA29E

analogous

#9EACA9 #9EA8AC #9EA1AC

triadic

#9EA8AC #AC9EA8 #A8AC9E

tetradic

#9EA8AC #A99EAC #ACA29E #A1AC9E

square

#9EA8AC #A99EAC #ACA29E #A1AC9E

split-complementary

#9EA8AC #AC9EA1 #ACA99E

monochromatic

#606B70 #7D8A90 #9EA8AC #BFC6C8 #E0E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9EA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9EA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA8AC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA8AC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac1c4',
    500: '#9ea8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea8ac;
$custom-light: #bac1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.01275,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA8AC

secondary

#D5D2D0

accent

#655492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA8AC

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

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