#999AA2#999AA2

#999AA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.012 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999AA2
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(233, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(233, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 1.22, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 4.47, 285.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0021 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.012 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2128, 32.4920, 38.8026)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999AA2 #A2A199

analogous

#999FA2 #999AA2 #9D99A2

triadic

#999AA2 #A2999A #9AA299

tetradic

#999AA2 #A2999F #A2A199 #99A29D

square

#999AA2 #A2999F #A2A199 #99A29D

split-complementary

#999AA2 #A29D99 #9FA299

monochromatic

#5C5D65 #797A85 #999AA2 #B9BABF #D9D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#999AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#999AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999AA2

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999AA2	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.012 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7bd',
    500: '#999aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999aa2;
$custom-light: #b7b7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 4.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68792,
    "c": 0.01168,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999AA2

secondary

#CDCDCA

accent

#88578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999AA2

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

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