#959999#959999

#959999 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.005 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959999
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -1.44, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 1.53, 199.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0044 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.005 197)
XYZ	xyz(29.5344, 31.4718, 34.6495)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#959999 #999595

analogous

#959997 #959999 #959799

triadic

#959999 #999599 #999995

tetradic

#959999 #979599 #999595 #979995

square

#959999 #979599 #999595 #979995

split-complementary

#959999 #999597 #999795

monochromatic

#585C5C #767B7B #959999 #B4B7B7 #D3D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#959999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#959999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959999

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959999	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.005 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b7b7',
    500: '#959999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959999;
$custom-light: #b4b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67966,
    "c": 0.00464,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.31472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959999

secondary

#C6C4C4

accent

#7D7DAB

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #959999

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

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