#9FA8A8#9FA8A8

#9FA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.010 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A8
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -3.17, -1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 3.36, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0098 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.01 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3672, 38.2030, 42.5488)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A8 #A89F9F

analogous

#9FA8A4 #9FA8A8 #9FA4A8

triadic

#9FA8A8 #A89FA8 #A8A89F

tetradic

#9FA8A8 #A49FA8 #A89F9F #A4A89F

square

#9FA8A8 #A49FA8 #A89F9F #A4A89F

split-complementary

#9FA8A8 #A89FA4 #A8A49F

monochromatic

#616B6B #7F8B8B #9FA8A8 #BFC5C5 #DFE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9FA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.010 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c1',
    500: '#9fa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a8;
$custom-light: #bbc1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.01021,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A8

secondary

#D3D0D0

accent

#57578F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A8

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

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