#999EA2#999EA2

#999EA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.008 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA2
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(207, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -0.99, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 2.88, 249.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0039 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.008 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8840, 33.8344, 39.0264)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA2 #A29D99

analogous

#99A2A2 #999EA2 #999AA2

triadic

#999EA2 #A2999E #9EA299

tetradic

#999EA2 #A299A2 #A29D99 #9AA299

square

#999EA2 #A299A2 #A29D99 #9AA299

split-complementary

#999EA2 #A2999A #A2A299

monochromatic

#5C6165 #798085 #999EA2 #B9BCBF #D9DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#999EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA2

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA2	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.008 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7babd',
    500: '#999ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea2;
$custom-light: #b7babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 4.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.00821,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA2

secondary

#CDCBCA

accent

#70578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA2

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

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