#999BA2#999BA2

#999BA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.010 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999BA2
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(227, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(227, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 0.67, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 3.96, 279.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0006 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.01 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3786, 32.8235, 38.8579)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999BA2 #A2A099

analogous

#99A0A2 #999BA2 #9C99A2

triadic

#999BA2 #A2999B #9BA299

tetradic

#999BA2 #A299A0 #A2A099 #99A29C

square

#999BA2 #A299A0 #A2A099 #99A29C

split-complementary

#999BA2 #A29C99 #A0A299

monochromatic

#5C5E65 #797C85 #999BA2 #B9BABF #D9DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#999BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#999BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999BA2

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999BA2	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.010 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8bd',
    500: '#999ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ba2;
$custom-light: #b7b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 4.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.01044,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999BA2

secondary

#CDCCCA

accent

#82578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999BA2

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

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