#9FA9AA#9FA9AA

#9FA9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.011 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA9AA
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -3.32, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 3.74, 207.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0104 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.011 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7402, 38.6488, 43.5994)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA9AA #AAA09F

analogous

#9FAAA6 #9FA9AA #9FA4AA

triadic

#9FA9AA #AA9FA9 #A9AA9F

tetradic

#9FA9AA #A69FAA #AAA09F #A4AA9F

square

#9FA9AA #A69FAA #AAA09F #A4AA9F

split-complementary

#9FA9AA #AA9FA4 #AAA69F

monochromatic

#616C6E #7F8C8D #9FA9AA #BFC6C7 #E0E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9FA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#9FA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA9AA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA9AA	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.011 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2c3',
    500: '#9fa9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa9aa;
$custom-light: #bbc2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.01142,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA9AA

secondary

#D4D1D1

accent

#5B5690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA9AA

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

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