#9FA8A4#9FA8A4

#9FA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.012 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A4
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(153, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(153, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -3.95, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 4.07, 166.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0114 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.012 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0002, 38.0563, 40.6164)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A4 #A89FA3

analogous

#9FA8A0 #9FA8A4 #9FA8A8

triadic

#9FA8A4 #A49FA8 #A8A49F

tetradic

#9FA8A4 #A09FA8 #A89FA3 #A8A89F

square

#9FA8A4 #A09FA8 #A89FA3 #A8A89F

split-complementary

#9FA8A4 #A89FA8 #A8A09F

monochromatic

#616B67 #7F8B86 #9FA8A4 #BFC5C2 #DFE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9FA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A4

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A4	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)

#A7A7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.012 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1bf',
    500: '#9fa8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a4;
$custom-light: #bbc1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.01167,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A4

secondary

#D3D0D1

accent

#57708F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A4

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

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