#9FA7AE#9FA7AE

#9FA7AE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.014 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA7AE
RGB	rgb(159, 167, 174)
HSL	hsl(208, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(208, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -1.42, -4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 4.79, 252.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0059 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.014 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7552, 38.0640, 45.4995)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA7AE #AEA69F

analogous

#9FAEAE #9FA7AE #9F9FAE

triadic

#9FA7AE #AE9FA7 #A7AE9F

tetradic

#9FA7AE #AE9FAE #AEA69F #9FAE9F

square

#9FA7AE #AE9FAE #AEA69F #9FAE9F

split-complementary

#9FA7AE #AE9F9F #AEAE9F

monochromatic

#606A72 #7E8992 #9FA7AE #C0C5CA #E1E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9FA7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA7AE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA7AE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 167, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.014 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c6',
    500: '#9fa7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa7ae;
$custom-light: #bbc1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 8.475,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72416,
    "c": 0.01364,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA7AE

secondary

#D7D4D2

accent

#715392

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA7AE

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

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