#9FA6AA#9FA6AA

#9FA6AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.010 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA6AA
RGB	rgb(159, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(202, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -1.68, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 3.37, 240.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.006 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.01 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1885, 37.5453, 43.4155)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA6AA #AAA39F

analogous

#9FAAA9 #9FA6AA #9FA1AA

triadic

#9FA6AA #AA9FA6 #A6AA9F

tetradic

#9FA6AA #A99FAA #AAA39F #A1AA9F

square

#9FA6AA #A99FAA #AAA39F #A1AA9F

split-complementary

#9FA6AA #AA9FA1 #AAA99F

monochromatic

#61696E #7F888D #9FA6AA #BFC4C7 #E0E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9FA6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9FA6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA6AA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA6AA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.010 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc0c3',
    500: '#9fa6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa6aa;
$custom-light: #bbc0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.00988,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA6AA

secondary

#D4D2D1

accent

#6B5690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA6AA

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

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