#999CA0#999CA0

#999CA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.007 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA0
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(214, 4%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(214, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -0.29, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 2.48, 263.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0017 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.007 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3693, 33.0872, 37.9847)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA0 #A09D99

analogous

#99A0A0 #999CA0 #9A99A0

triadic

#999CA0 #A0999C #9CA099

tetradic

#999CA0 #A099A0 #A09D99 #99A09A

square

#999CA0 #A099A0 #A09D99 #99A09A

split-complementary

#999CA0 #A09A99 #A0A099

monochromatic

#5C5F63 #797D82 #999CA0 #B9BBBE #D8DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#999CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#999CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA0

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA0	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.007 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9bc',
    500: '#999ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca0;
$custom-light: #b7b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 3.553,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69153,
    "c": 0.00679,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA0

secondary

#CCCBC9

accent

#77588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA0

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

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