#9FA5AA#9FA5AA

#9FA5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.010 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA5AA
RGB	rgb(159, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(207, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -1.14, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 3.51, 251.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0045 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.01 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0075, 37.1832, 43.3552)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA5AA #AAA49F

analogous

#9FAAAA #9FA5AA #9FA0AA

triadic

#9FA5AA #AA9FA5 #A5AA9F

tetradic

#9FA5AA #AA9FAA #AAA49F #A0AA9F

square

#9FA5AA #AA9FAA #AAA49F #A0AA9F

split-complementary

#9FA5AA #AA9FA0 #AAAA9F

monochromatic

#61686E #7F878D #9FA5AA #BFC3C7 #E0E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9FA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#9FA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA5AA

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA5AA	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.010 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbfc3',
    500: '#9fa5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa5aa;
$custom-light: #bbbfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.00999,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA5AA

secondary

#D4D2D1

accent

#705690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA5AA

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

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