#9FA3AA#9FA3AA

#9FA3AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.011 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA3AA
RGB	rgb(159, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(218, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -0.04, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 4.11, 269.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0016 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.011 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6495, 36.4674, 43.2359)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA3AA #AAA69F

analogous

#9FA9AA #9FA3AA #A19FAA

triadic

#9FA3AA #AA9FA3 #A3AA9F

tetradic

#9FA3AA #AA9FA9 #AAA69F #9FAAA1

square

#9FA3AA #AA9FA9 #AAA69F #9FAAA1

split-complementary

#9FA3AA #AAA19F #A9AA9F

monochromatic

#61666E #7F848D #9FA3AA #BFC2C7 #E0E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9FA3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#9FA3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA3AA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA3AA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.011 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbec3',
    500: '#9fa3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa3aa;
$custom-light: #bbbec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.01111,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA3AA

secondary

#D4D3D1

accent

#7B5690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA3AA

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

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