#9EAA9E#9EAA9E

#9EAA9E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.022 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAA9E
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -6.53, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 8.07, 144.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0179 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.022 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6457, 38.4869, 37.9446)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAA9E #AA9EAA

analogous

#A4AA9E #9EAA9E #9EAAA4

triadic

#9EAA9E #9E9EAA #AA9E9E

tetradic

#9EAA9E #9EA4AA #AA9EAA #AAA49E

square

#9EAA9E #9EA4AA #AA9EAA #AAA49E

split-complementary

#9EAA9E #A49EAA #AA9EA4

monochromatic

#606E60 #7D8D7D #9EAA9E #BFC7BF #DFE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9EAA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#9EAA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAA9E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAA9E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.022 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3ba',
    500: '#9eaa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaa9e;
$custom-light: #bac3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.02176,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAA9E

secondary

#D4D0D4

accent

#559191

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAA9E

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

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