#999A8A#999A8A

#999A8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.023 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A8A
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(64, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -3.31, 8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 8.92, 111.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0078 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.023 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2794, 31.7186, 28.6197)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A8A #8B8A9A

analogous

#9A938A #999A8A #919A8A

triadic

#999A8A #8A999A #9A8A99

tetradic

#999A8A #8A9A93 #8B8A9A #9A8A91

square

#999A8A #8A9A93 #8B8A9A #9A8A91

split-complementary

#999A8A #8A919A #938A9A

monochromatic

#5A5B4F #7B7C6B #999A8A #B6B6AB #D2D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#999A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#999A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A8A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A8A	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.023 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7ac',
    500: '#999a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a8a;
$custom-light: #b7b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68079,
    "c": 0.02293,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A8A

secondary

#BDBDC3

accent

#77B07B

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A8A

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

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