#999CA5#999CA5

#999CA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.014 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA5
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(225, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(225, 7%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 0.72, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 5.11, 278.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0003 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.014 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8155, 33.2656, 40.3348)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA5 #A5A299

analogous

#99A2A5 #999CA5 #9C99A5

triadic

#999CA5 #A5999C #9CA599

tetradic

#999CA5 #A599A2 #A5A299 #99A59C

square

#999CA5 #A599A2 #A5A299 #99A59C

split-complementary

#999CA5 #A59C99 #A2A599

monochromatic

#5C5F68 #787C88 #999CA5 #BABCC2 #DADBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#999CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#999CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA5

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA5	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#9A9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.014 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9bf',
    500: '#999ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca5;
$custom-light: #b7b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69313,
    "c": 0.01355,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA5

secondary

#CFCECB

accent

#815590

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA5

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

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