#9FAB9D#9FAB9D

#9FAB9D is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.024 H 141.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAB9D
RGB	rgb(159, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(111, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(111, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -6.89, 5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 8.99, 140.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0187 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.024 141.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9457, 38.9308, 37.5651)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAB9D #A99DAB

analogous

#A6AB9D #9FAB9D #9DABA2

triadic

#9FAB9D #9D9FAB #AB9D9F

tetradic

#9FAB9D #9DA6AB #A99DAB #ABA29D

square

#9FAB9D #9DA6AB #A99DAB #ABA29D

split-complementary

#9FAB9D #A29DAB #AB9DA6

monochromatic

#616F5F #7F8F7C #9FAB9D #BFC7BE #E0E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FAB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#9FAB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAB9D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAB9D	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.024 141.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc4b9',
    500: '#9fab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fab9d;
$custom-light: #bbc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.02402,
    "h": 141.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAB9D

secondary

#D4CFD4

accent

#549289

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAB9D

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

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