#9FA8A1#9FA8A1

#9FA8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.014 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A1
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(133, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(133, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -4.53, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 5.18, 150.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0126 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.014 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7325, 37.9492, 39.2064)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A1 #A89FA6

analogous

#A2A89F #9FA8A1 #9FA8A6

triadic

#9FA8A1 #A19FA8 #A8A19F

tetradic

#9FA8A1 #9FA2A8 #A89FA6 #A8A69F

square

#9FA8A1 #9FA2A8 #A89FA6 #A8A69F

split-complementary

#9FA8A1 #A69FA8 #A89FA2

monochromatic

#616B64 #7F8B82 #9FA8A1 #BFC5C0 #DFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9FA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A1

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A1	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.014 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1bc',
    500: '#9fa8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a1;
$custom-light: #bbc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.333,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.01424,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A1

secondary

#D3D0D2

accent

#57828F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A1

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

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