#999EA1#999EA1

#999EA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.007 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA1
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(203, 4%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 5%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -1.19, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 2.49, 241.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0043 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.007 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7955, 33.7990, 38.5601)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA1 #A19C99

analogous

#99A1A0 #999EA1 #999AA1

triadic

#999EA1 #A1999E #9EA199

tetradic

#999EA1 #A099A1 #A19C99 #9AA199

square

#999EA1 #A099A1 #A19C99 #9AA199

split-complementary

#999EA1 #A1999A #A1A099

monochromatic

#5C6164 #798084 #999EA1 #B9BCBE #D9DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#999EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#999EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA1

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA1	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.007 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7babc',
    500: '#999ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea1;
$custom-light: #b7babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 4.082,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.00725,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA1

secondary

#CCCBC9

accent

#6C588E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA1

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

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