#9FA496#9FA496

#9FA496 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.021 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA496
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(81, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -4.40, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 7.97, 123.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0113 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.021 123)
XYZ	xyz(33.0777, 36.1238, 34.0782)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA496 #9B96A4

analogous

#A4A296 #9FA496 #98A496

triadic

#9FA496 #969FA4 #A4969F

tetradic

#9FA496 #96A4A2 #9B96A4 #A49698

square

#9FA496 #96A4A2 #9B96A4 #A49698

split-complementary

#9FA496 #9698A4 #A296A4

monochromatic

#626759 #818775 #9FA496 #BDC0B7 #DBDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9FA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9FA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA496

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA496	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.021 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfb4',
    500: '#9fa496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa496;
$custom-light: #bbbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.02069,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA496

secondary

#CAC8CE

accent

#54916A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA496

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

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