#999999#999999

#999999 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999999
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 0.00, 135.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(30.2769, 31.8547, 34.6843)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999999 #999999

analogous

#999999 #999999 #999999

triadic

#999999 #999999 #999999

tetradic

#999999 #999999 #999999 #999999

square

#999999 #999999 #999999 #999999

split-complementary

#999999 #999999 #999999

monochromatic

#5C5C5C #7A7A7A #999999 #B8B8B8 #D6D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#999999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#999999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999999

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999999	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7b7',
    500: '#999999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999999;
$custom-light: #b7b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68295,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.31855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999999

secondary

#C7C7C7

accent

#A9A97E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #999999

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

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