#999CA6#999CA6

#999CA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.015 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA6
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(226, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(226, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 0.93, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 5.65, 279.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0007 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.015 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9069, 33.3022, 40.8160)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA6 #A6A399

analogous

#99A2A6 #999CA6 #9D99A6

triadic

#999CA6 #A6999C #9CA699

tetradic

#999CA6 #A699A2 #A6A399 #99A69D

square

#999CA6 #A699A2 #A6A399 #99A69D

split-complementary

#999CA6 #A69D99 #A2A699

monochromatic

#5C5F69 #787C89 #999CA6 #BABCC3 #DADBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#999CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#999CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA6

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA6	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.015 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c0',
    500: '#999ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca6;
$custom-light: #b7b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 6.806,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69346,
    "c": 0.01496,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA6

secondary

#D0CFCB

accent

#835591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA6

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

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