#9FA8A2#9FA8A2

#9FA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.013 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A2
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(140, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(140, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -4.34, 2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 4.78, 155.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0122 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.013 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8211, 37.9846, 39.6727)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A2 #A89FA5

analogous

#A1A89F #9FA8A2 #9FA8A7

triadic

#9FA8A2 #A29FA8 #A8A29F

tetradic

#9FA8A2 #9FA1A8 #A89FA5 #A8A79F

square

#9FA8A2 #9FA1A8 #A89FA5 #A8A79F

split-complementary

#9FA8A2 #A79FA8 #A89FA1

monochromatic

#616B65 #7F8B83 #9FA8A2 #BFC5C1 #DFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9FA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A2

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A2	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)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.013 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1bd',
    500: '#9fa8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a2;
$custom-light: #bbc1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.01329,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A2

secondary

#D3D0D2

accent

#577C8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A2

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

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