#999CA7#999CA7

#999CA7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.016 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999CA7
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(227, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(227, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 1.13, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 6.20, 280.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0011 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.016 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9990, 33.3390, 41.3010)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999CA7 #A7A499

analogous

#99A3A7 #999CA7 #9D99A7

triadic

#999CA7 #A7999C #9CA799

tetradic

#999CA7 #A799A3 #A7A499 #99A79D

square

#999CA7 #A799A3 #A7A499 #99A79D

split-complementary

#999CA7 #A79D99 #A3A799

monochromatic

#5C5F6A #787C8B #999CA7 #BABCC3 #DBDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#999CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#999CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999CA7

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999CA7	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.016 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9c1',
    500: '#999ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ca7;
$custom-light: #b7b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 7.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.01637,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999CA7

secondary

#D0CFCB

accent

#845491

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999CA7

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

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