#9FA8A0#9FA8A0

#9FA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.015 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A0
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(127, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(127, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -4.72, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 5.61, 147.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.013 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.015 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6447, 37.9140, 38.7438)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A0 #A89FA7

analogous

#A3A89F #9FA8A0 #9FA8A5

triadic

#9FA8A0 #A09FA8 #A8A09F

tetradic

#9FA8A0 #9FA3A8 #A89FA7 #A8A59F

square

#9FA8A0 #9FA3A8 #A89FA7 #A8A59F

split-complementary

#9FA8A0 #A59FA8 #A89FA3

monochromatic

#616B62 #7F8B80 #9FA8A0 #BFC5C0 #DFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9FA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9FA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A0

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A0	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)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.015 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1bc',
    500: '#9fa8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a0;
$custom-light: #bbc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.01527,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A0

secondary

#D3D0D3

accent

#57898F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A0

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

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