#999CA1#999CA1

#999CA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.008 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA1
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(218, 4%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(218, 5%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -0.09, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 2.98, 268.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0013 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.008 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4571, 33.1223, 38.4473)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA1 #A19E99

analogous

#99A0A1 #999CA1 #9A99A1

triadic

#999CA1 #A1999C #9CA199

tetradic

#999CA1 #A199A0 #A19E99 #99A19A

square

#999CA1 #A199A0 #A19E99 #99A19A

split-complementary

#999CA1 #A19A99 #A0A199

monochromatic

#5C5F64 #797D84 #999CA1 #B9BBBE #D9DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#999CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#999CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA1

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA1	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#9A9CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.008 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9bc',
    500: '#999ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca1;
$custom-light: #b7b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 4.082,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69184,
    "c": 0.00807,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA1

secondary

#CCCBC9

accent

#7A588E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA1

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

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