#979999#979999

#979999 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.002 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979999
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -0.72, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 0.77, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0022 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.002 197)
XYZ	xyz(29.9025, 31.6616, 34.6668)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#979999 #999797

analogous

#979998 #979999 #979899

triadic

#979999 #999799 #999997

tetradic

#979999 #989799 #999797 #989997

square

#979999 #989799 #999797 #989997

split-complementary

#979999 #999798 #999897

monochromatic

#5A5C5C #787B7B #979999 #B6B7B7 #D5D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#979999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#979999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979999

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979999	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.002 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7b7',
    500: '#979999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979999;
$custom-light: #b5b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.971,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6813,
    "c": 0.00232,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.31662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979999

secondary

#C6C6C6

accent

#7E7EAA

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #979999

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

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