#999EA0#999EA0

#999EA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.006 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA0
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 4%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -1.39, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 2.17, 230.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0047 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.006 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7077, 33.7639, 38.0975)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA0 #A09B99

analogous

#99A09F #999EA0 #999BA0

triadic

#999EA0 #A0999E #9EA099

tetradic

#999EA0 #9F99A0 #A09B99 #9BA099

square

#999EA0 #9F99A0 #A09B99 #9BA099

split-complementary

#999EA0 #A0999B #A09F99

monochromatic

#5C6163 #798082 #999EA0 #B9BCBE #D8DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#999EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#999EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA0

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA0	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.006 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7babc',
    500: '#999ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea0;
$custom-light: #b7babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 3.553,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6958,
    "c": 0.00648,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA0

secondary

#CCCAC9

accent

#67588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA0

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

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