#9FAAA9#9FAAA9

#9FAAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.013 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAAA9
RGB	rgb(159, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(175, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(175, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -4.06, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 4.14, 191.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0123 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.013 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8327, 38.9846, 43.1654)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAAA9 #AA9FA0

analogous

#9FAAA4 #9FAAA9 #9FA6AA

triadic

#9FAAA9 #A99FAA #AAA99F

tetradic

#9FAAA9 #A49FAA #AA9FA0 #A6AA9F

square

#9FAAA9 #A49FAA #AA9FA0 #A6AA9F

split-complementary

#9FAAA9 #AA9FA6 #AAA49F

monochromatic

#616E6C #7F8D8C #9FAAA9 #BFC7C6 #E0E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9FAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAAA9

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAAA9	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9faaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.013 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc3c2',
    500: '#9faaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9faaa9;
$custom-light: #bbc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9faaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.0125,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAAA9

secondary

#D4D1D1

accent

#565B90

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAAA9

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

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