#999EA4#999EA4

#999EA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.010 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA4
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(213, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(213, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -0.59, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 3.79, 261.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0031 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.01 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0632, 33.9061, 39.9701)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA4 #A49F99

analogous

#99A3A4 #999EA4 #9A99A4

triadic

#999EA4 #A4999E #9EA499

tetradic

#999EA4 #A499A3 #A49F99 #99A49A

square

#999EA4 #A499A3 #A49F99 #99A49A

split-complementary

#999EA4 #A49A99 #A3A499

monochromatic

#5C6167 #797F87 #999EA4 #B9BDC1 #DADCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#999EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA4

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA4	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.010 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7babf',
    500: '#999ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea4;
$custom-light: #b7babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 5.699,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69706,
    "c": 0.01048,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA4

secondary

#CECDCA

accent

#755690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA4

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

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