#999CA2#999CA2

#999CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.009 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA2
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(220, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(220, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 0.11, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 3.50, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0009 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.009 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5457, 33.1577, 38.9136)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA2 #A29F99

analogous

#99A1A2 #999CA2 #9B99A2

triadic

#999CA2 #A2999C #9CA299

tetradic

#999CA2 #A299A1 #A29F99 #99A29B

square

#999CA2 #A299A1 #A29F99 #99A29B

split-complementary

#999CA2 #A29B99 #A1A299

monochromatic

#5C5F65 #797D85 #999CA2 #B9BBBF #D9DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#999CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#999CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA2

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA2	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.009 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9bd',
    500: '#999ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca2;
$custom-light: #b7b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69216,
    "c": 0.0094,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA2

secondary

#CDCCCA

accent

#7C578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA2

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

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