#999997#999997

#999997 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.003 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999997
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -0.38, 1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 1.12, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0008 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.003 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1131, 31.7892, 33.8217)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999997 #979799

analogous

#999897 #999997 #989997

triadic

#999997 #979999 #999799

tetradic

#999997 #979998 #979799 #999798

square

#999997 #979998 #979799 #999798

split-complementary

#999997 #979899 #989799

monochromatic

#5C5C5A #7B7B78 #999997 #B7B7B6 #D6D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#999997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#999997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999997

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999997	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.003 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7b5',
    500: '#999997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999997;
$custom-light: #b7b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 0.971,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68235,
    "c": 0.00289,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999997

secondary

#C6C6C6

accent

#7EAA7E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #999997

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

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