#9FA7AA#9FA7AA

#9FA7AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.010 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA7AA
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -2.23, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 3.37, 228.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0075 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.01 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3710, 37.9103, 43.4764)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA7AA #AAA29F

analogous

#9FAAA8 #9FA7AA #9FA2AA

triadic

#9FA7AA #AA9FA7 #A7AA9F

tetradic

#9FA7AA #A89FAA #AAA29F #A2AA9F

square

#9FA7AA #A89FAA #AAA29F #A2AA9F

split-complementary

#9FA7AA #AA9FA2 #AAA89F

monochromatic

#616A6E #7F898D #9FA7AA #BFC5C7 #E0E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9FA7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA7AA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA7AA	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.010 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c3',
    500: '#9fa7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa7aa;
$custom-light: #bbc1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.0101,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA7AA

secondary

#D4D2D1

accent

#655690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA7AA

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

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