#9EAAAC#9EAAAC

#9EAAAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.014 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAAAC
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(189, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -3.80, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 4.54, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0121 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.014 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9201, 38.9966, 44.6564)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAAAC #ACA09E

analogous

#9EACA7 #9EAAAC #9EA3AC

triadic

#9EAAAC #AC9EAA #AAAC9E

tetradic

#9EAAAC #A79EAC #ACA09E #A3AC9E

square

#9EAAAC #A79EAC #ACA09E #A3AC9E

split-complementary

#9EAAAC #AC9EA3 #ACA79E

monochromatic

#606E70 #7D8D90 #9EAAAC #BFC7C8 #E0E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EAAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9EAAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAAAC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAAAC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.014 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac3c4',
    500: '#9eaaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaaac;
$custom-light: #bac3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.01386,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAAAC

secondary

#D5D1D0

accent

#5D5492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAAAC

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

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