#9FA7AC#9FA7AC

#9FA7AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.012 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA7AC
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 172)
HSL	hsl(203, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -1.83, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 4.00, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0067 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.012 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5616, 37.9866, 44.4803)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA7AC #ACA49F

analogous

#9FACAB #9FA7AC #9FA0AC

triadic

#9FA7AC #AC9FA7 #A7AC9F

tetradic

#9FA7AC #AB9FAC #ACA49F #A0AC9F

square

#9FA7AC #AB9FAC #ACA49F #A0AC9F

split-complementary

#9FA7AC #AC9FA0 #ACAB9F

monochromatic

#616A70 #7E8990 #9FA7AC #C0C5C8 #E1E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9FA7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA7AC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA7AC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.012 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c4',
    500: '#9fa7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa7ac;
$custom-light: #bbc1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 7.263,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA7AC

secondary

#D6D3D1

accent

#6C5491

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA7AC

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

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