#9EAAAA#9EAAAA

#9EAAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.014 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAAAA
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -4.20, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 4.45, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.013 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.014 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7294, 38.9204, 43.6524)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAAAA #AA9E9E

analogous

#9EAAA4 #9EAAAA #9EA4AA

triadic

#9EAAAA #AA9EAA #AAAA9E

tetradic

#9EAAAA #A49EAA #AA9E9E #A4AA9E

square

#9EAAAA #A49EAA #AA9E9E #A4AA9E

split-complementary

#9EAAAA #AA9EA4 #AAA49E

monochromatic

#606E6E #7D8D8D #9EAAAA #BFC7C7 #DFE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EAAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9EAAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAAAA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAAAA	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)

#A8A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.014 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3c3',
    500: '#9eaaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaaaa;
$custom-light: #bac3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.01354,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAAAA

secondary

#D4D0D0

accent

#555591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAAAA

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

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