#9FAAA6#9FAAA6

#9FAAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.014 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAAA6
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(158, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(158, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -4.65, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 4.70, 171.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0135 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.014 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5543, 38.8732, 41.6991)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAAA6 #AA9FA3

analogous

#9FAAA1 #9FAAA6 #9FA9AA

triadic

#9FAAA6 #A69FAA #AAA69F

tetradic

#9FAAA6 #A19FAA #AA9FA3 #A9AA9F

square

#9FAAA6 #A19FAA #AA9FA3 #A9AA9F

split-complementary

#9FAAA6 #AA9FA9 #AAA19F

monochromatic

#616E69 #7F8D88 #9FAAA6 #BFC7C4 #E0E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FAAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#9FAAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAAA6

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAAA6	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.014 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3c0',
    500: '#9faaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faaa6;
$custom-light: #bbc3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.01365,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAAA6

secondary

#D4D1D2

accent

#566B90

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAAA6

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

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