#9EAAA6#9EAAA6

#9EAAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.015 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAAA6
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(160, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(160, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -5.00, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 5.03, 173.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0146 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.015 174)
XYZ	xyz(35.3568, 38.7713, 41.6899)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAAA6 #AA9EA2

analogous

#9EAAA0 #9EAAA6 #9EA8AA

triadic

#9EAAA6 #A69EAA #AAA69E

tetradic

#9EAAA6 #A09EAA #AA9EA2 #A8AA9E

square

#9EAAA6 #A09EAA #AA9EA2 #A8AA9E

split-complementary

#9EAAA6 #AA9EA8 #AAA09E

monochromatic

#606E69 #7D8D88 #9EAAA6 #BFC7C4 #DFE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9EAAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#9EAAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAAA6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAAA6	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.015 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3c0',
    500: '#9eaaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaaa6;
$custom-light: #bac3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.01467,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.38772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAAA6

secondary

#D4D0D1

accent

#556991

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAAA6

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

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