#999990#999990

#999990 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.013 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999990
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -1.69, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 5.02, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0037 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.013 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5614, 31.5685, 30.9161)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999990 #909099

analogous

#999490 #999990 #949990

triadic

#999990 #909999 #999099

tetradic

#999990 #909994 #909099 #999094

square

#999990 #909994 #909099 #999094

split-complementary

#999990 #909499 #949099

monochromatic

#5B5B54 #7B7B71 #999990 #B6B6B0 #D4D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#999990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#999990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999990

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999990	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.013 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7b0',
    500: '#999990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999990;
$custom-light: #b7b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.01295,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999990

secondary

#C1C1C4

accent

#7AAD7A

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999990

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

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