#9FA0AA#9FA0AA

#9FA0AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.014 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA0AA
RGB	rgb(159, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(235, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 1.61, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 5.54, 286.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0029 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.014 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1232, 35.4147, 43.0604)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA0AA #AAA99F

analogous

#9FA6AA #9FA0AA #A49FAA

triadic

#9FA0AA #AA9FA0 #A0AA9F

tetradic

#9FA0AA #AA9FA6 #AAA99F #9FAAA4

square

#9FA0AA #AA9FA6 #AAA99F #9FAAA4

split-complementary

#9FA0AA #AAA49F #A6AA9F

monochromatic

#61626E #7F808D #9FA0AA #BFC0C7 #E0E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9FA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9FA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA0AA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA0AA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.014 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbcc3',
    500: '#9fa0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa0aa;
$custom-light: #bbbcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70808,
    "c": 0.01447,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA0AA

secondary

#D4D4D1

accent

#8B5690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA0AA

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

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