#9E9294

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(67.1% 0.015 6), rgb(158, 146, 148).

Black text reads best on this color (6.99:1).

About this color

#9E9294 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 67%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.030 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.99:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (67%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.99:1
White text	3.00:1

Values

HEX	#9E9294
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 148)
HSL	hsl(350, 6%, 60%)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.015 6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #9E9294	3.00:1	AA large text	Lc -62.1	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #9E9294	6.99:1	AA	Lc 47.3	Large or bold text, headings
#9E9294 text on white	3.00:1	AA large text	Lc 56.7	Large or bold text, headings
#9E9294 text on black	6.99:1	AA	Lc -45.0	Large or bold text, headings

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DCD8D8

oklch(88.5% 0.004 17.2)
Step 300
300

#C6BEBF

oklch(80.8% 0.009 8.6)
Step 400
400 (this color)

#9E9294

oklch(67.1% 0.015 6)
Step 500
500

#948588

oklch(63.1% 0.019 4)
Step 600
600

#7E6F71

oklch(55.6% 0.019 8.6)
Step 700
700

#6B5C5F

oklch(49% 0.02 4.3)
Step 800
800

#574C4E

oklch(42.8% 0.015 5.3)
Step 900
900

#483F40

oklch(37.7% 0.013 10.1)
Step 950
950

#2A2526

oklch(27% 0.008 3.9)

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#9E9294 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#949494	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#969694	0.015
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#A19193	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#959595	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #9E9294, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #9E9294 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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