#999B8A#999B8A

#999B8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.024 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B8A
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(67, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -3.85, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 9.49, 113.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0093 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.024 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4451, 32.0501, 28.6749)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B8A #8C8A9B

analogous

#9B958A #999B8A #919B8A

triadic

#999B8A #8A999B #9B8A99

tetradic

#999B8A #8A9B95 #8C8A9B #9B8A91

square

#999B8A #8A9B95 #8C8A9B #9B8A91

split-complementary

#999B8A #8A919B #958A9B

monochromatic

#5A5C4F #7B7D6B #999B8A #B6B7AB #D3D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#999B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#999B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B8A

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B8A	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.024 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8ac',
    500: '#999b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b8a;
$custom-light: #b7b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.02441,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B8A

secondary

#BEBDC4

accent

#77B17E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B8A

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

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