#9EAAA9#9EAAA9

#9EAAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.014 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAAA9
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(175, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(175, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -4.40, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 4.50, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0134 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.014 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6352, 38.8827, 43.1561)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAAA9 #AA9E9F

analogous

#9EAAA3 #9EAAA9 #9EA5AA

triadic

#9EAAA9 #A99EAA #AAA99E

tetradic

#9EAAA9 #A39EAA #AA9E9F #A5AA9E

square

#9EAAA9 #A39EAA #AA9E9F #A5AA9E

split-complementary

#9EAAA9 #AA9EA5 #AAA39E

monochromatic

#606E6C #7D8D8C #9EAAA9 #BFC7C6 #DFE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9EAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAAA9

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAAA9	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.014 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3c2',
    500: '#9eaaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaaa9;
$custom-light: #bac3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.0136,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAAA9

secondary

#D4D0D0

accent

#555A91

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAAA9

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

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