#999CA4#999CA4

#999CA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.012 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA4
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(224, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(224, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 0.52, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 4.57, 276.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0001 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.012 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7249, 33.2294, 39.8573)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA4 #A4A199

analogous

#99A2A4 #999CA4 #9C99A4

triadic

#999CA4 #A4999C #9CA499

tetradic

#999CA4 #A499A2 #A4A199 #99A49C

square

#999CA4 #A499A2 #A4A199 #99A49C

split-complementary

#999CA4 #A49C99 #A2A499

monochromatic

#5C5F67 #797D87 #999CA4 #B9BBC1 #DADBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#999CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#999CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA4

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA4	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.012 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9bf',
    500: '#999ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca4;
$custom-light: #b7b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 5.699,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69281,
    "c": 0.01215,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA4

secondary

#CECDCA

accent

#805690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA4

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

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