#9FA4AC#9FA4AC

#9FA4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.013 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA4AC
RGB	rgb(159, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(217, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(217, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -0.18, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 4.75, 267.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0023 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.013 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0184, 36.9001, 44.2993)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA4AC #ACA79F

analogous

#9FABAC #9FA4AC #A09FAC

triadic

#9FA4AC #AC9FA4 #A4AC9F

tetradic

#9FA4AC #AC9FAB #ACA79F #9FACA0

square

#9FA4AC #AC9FAB #ACA79F #9FACA0

split-complementary

#9FA4AC #ACA09F #ABAC9F

monochromatic

#616770 #7E8590 #9FA4AC #C0C3C8 #E1E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9FA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9FA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA4AC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA4AC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.013 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbec4',
    500: '#9fa4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa4ac;
$custom-light: #bbbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 7.263,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.01291,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA4AC

secondary

#D6D4D1

accent

#7A5491

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA4AC

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

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