#9FA8A7#9FA8A7

#9FA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.010 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A7
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(173, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -3.37, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 3.42, 189.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0102 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.01 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2744, 38.1659, 42.0601)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A7 #A89FA0

analogous

#9FA8A3 #9FA8A7 #9FA5A8

triadic

#9FA8A7 #A79FA8 #A8A79F

tetradic

#9FA8A7 #A39FA8 #A89FA0 #A5A89F

square

#9FA8A7 #A39FA8 #A89FA0 #A5A89F

split-complementary

#9FA8A7 #A89FA5 #A8A39F

monochromatic

#616B6A #7F8B8A #9FA8A7 #BFC5C4 #DFE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#9FA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A7	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)

#A7A7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.010 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c1',
    500: '#9fa8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a7;
$custom-light: #bbc1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A7

secondary

#D3D0D0

accent

#575D8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A7

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

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