#999EA3#999EA3

#999EA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.009 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA3
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(210, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(210, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -0.79, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 3.32, 256.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0035 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.009 248)
XYZ	xyz(31.9733, 33.8701, 39.4964)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA3 #A39E99

analogous

#99A3A3 #999EA3 #9999A3

triadic

#999EA3 #A3999E #9EA399

tetradic

#999EA3 #A399A3 #A39E99 #99A399

square

#999EA3 #A399A3 #A39E99 #99A399

split-complementary

#999EA3 #A39999 #A3A399

monochromatic

#5C6166 #797F86 #999EA3 #B9BDC0 #D9DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#999EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA3

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA3	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)

#9C9EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.009 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7babe',
    500: '#999ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea3;
$custom-light: #b7babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 5.155,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.0093,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.3387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA3

secondary

#CECCCA

accent

#73568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA3

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

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