#99969A#99969A

#99969A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.007 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99969A
RGB	rgb(153, 150, 154)
HSL	hsl(285, 2%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 3%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 1.86, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 2.53, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.005 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.007 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8750, 30.9181, 34.9595)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99969A #979A96

analogous

#97969A #99969A #9A9699

triadic

#99969A #9A9996 #969A99

tetradic

#99969A #9A9796 #979A96 #96999A

square

#99969A #9A9796 #979A96 #96999A

split-complementary

#99969A #999A96 #969A97

monochromatic

#5C595D #7B777C #99969A #B7B5B8 #D6D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#99969A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#99969A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99969A

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99969A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99969A	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99969a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 150, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.007 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b4b7',
    500: '#99969a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99969a;
$custom-light: #b7b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99969a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 1.942,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67689,
    "c": 0.00674,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99969A

secondary

#C6C7C5

accent

#AB7D88

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #99969A

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

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