#999996#999996

#999996 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.004 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999996
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -0.57, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 1.67, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0012 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.004 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0323, 31.7568, 33.3958)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999996 #969699

analogous

#999896 #999996 #989996

triadic

#999996 #969999 #999699

tetradic

#999996 #969998 #969699 #999698

square

#999996 #969998 #969699 #999698

split-complementary

#999996 #969899 #989699

monochromatic

#5C5C59 #7B7B77 #999996 #B7B7B5 #D5D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#999996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#999996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999996

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999996	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.004 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7b4',
    500: '#999996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999996;
$custom-light: #b7b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68205,
    "c": 0.00433,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999996

secondary

#C5C5C6

accent

#7DAB7D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #999996

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

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