#9FAB9E#9FAB9E

#9FAB9E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.023 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FAB9E
RGB	rgb(159, 171, 158)
HSL	hsl(115, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(115, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -6.71, 5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 8.52, 141.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0183 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.023 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0314, 38.9651, 38.0166)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FAB9E #AA9EAB

analogous

#A6AB9E #9FAB9E #9EABA4

triadic

#9FAB9E #9E9FAB #AB9E9F

tetradic

#9FAB9E #9EA6AB #AA9EAB #ABA49E

square

#9FAB9E #9EA6AB #AA9EAB #ABA49E

split-complementary

#9FAB9E #A49EAB #AB9EA6

monochromatic

#616F60 #7F8F7D #9FAB9E #BFC7BF #E0E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9FAB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#9FAB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FAB9E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FAB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FAB9E	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)

#ACA89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fab9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 171, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.023 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc4ba',
    500: '#9fab9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fab9e;
$custom-light: #bbc4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fab9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.385,
    "s": 7.182,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.02286,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FAB9E

secondary

#D4D0D5

accent

#54918C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FAB9E

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

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