#9FA8A9#9FA8A9

#9FA8A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.010 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA8A9
RGB	rgb(159, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -2.97, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 3.38, 208.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0094 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.01 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4607, 38.2404, 43.0414)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA8A9 #A9A09F

analogous

#9FA9A5 #9FA8A9 #9FA3A9

triadic

#9FA8A9 #A99FA8 #A8A99F

tetradic

#9FA8A9 #A59FA9 #A9A09F #A3A99F

square

#9FA8A9 #A59FA9 #A9A09F #A3A99F

split-complementary

#9FA8A9 #A99FA3 #A9A59F

monochromatic

#616B6C #7F8B8C #9FA8A9 #BFC5C6 #E0E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9FA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9FA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA8A9

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA8A9	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.010 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc1c2',
    500: '#9fa8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa8a9;
$custom-light: #bbc1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 5.495,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.01033,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA8A9

secondary

#D4D1D0

accent

#5C568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA8A9

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

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