#9EAEAE#9EAEAE

#9EAEAE is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.018 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAEAE
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -5.55, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 5.87, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0171 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.018 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8749, 40.5966, 45.9294)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAEAE #AE9E9E

analogous

#9EAEA6 #9EAEAE #9EA6AE

triadic

#9EAEAE #AE9EAE #AEAE9E

tetradic

#9EAEAE #A69EAE #AE9E9E #A6AE9E

square

#9EAEAE #A69EAE #AE9E9E #A6AE9E

split-complementary

#9EAEAE #AE9EA6 #AEA69E

monochromatic

#5F7272 #7D9292 #9EAEAE #BFCACA #E1E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9EAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#9EAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAEAE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAEAE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.018 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac6c6',
    500: '#9eaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaeae;
$custom-light: #bac6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.01789,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAEAE

secondary

#D7D1D1

accent

#535393

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#111313

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAEAE

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

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