#999CA3#999CA3

#999CA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.011 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA3
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(222, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(222, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 0.31, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 4.03, 274.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0005 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.011 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6349, 33.1934, 39.3836)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA3 #A3A099

analogous

#99A1A3 #999CA3 #9B99A3

triadic

#999CA3 #A3999C #9CA399

tetradic

#999CA3 #A399A1 #A3A099 #99A39B

square

#999CA3 #A399A1 #A3A099 #99A39B

split-complementary

#999CA3 #A39B99 #A1A399

monochromatic

#5C5F66 #797D86 #999CA3 #B9BBC0 #D9DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#999CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#999CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA3

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA3	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.011 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9be',
    500: '#999ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca3;
$custom-light: #b7b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 5.155,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69248,
    "c": 0.01076,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA3

secondary

#CECDCA

accent

#7E568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA3

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

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