#9FA8A6#9FA8A6

#9FA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.011 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A6
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(167, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(167, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -3.56, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 3.56, 181.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0106 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.011 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1823, 38.1291, 41.5751)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A6 #A89FA1

analogous

#9FA8A2 #9FA8A6 #9FA6A8

triadic

#9FA8A6 #A69FA8 #A8A69F

tetradic

#9FA8A6 #A29FA8 #A89FA1 #A6A89F

square

#9FA8A6 #A29FA8 #A89FA1 #A6A89F

split-complementary

#9FA8A6 #A89FA6 #A8A29F

monochromatic

#616B69 #7F8B88 #9FA8A6 #BFC5C4 #DFE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#9FA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A6

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A6	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.011 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c0',
    500: '#9fa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a6;
$custom-light: #bbc1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.01058,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A6

secondary

#D3D0D1

accent

#57638F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A6

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

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