#999EA5#999EA5

#999EA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.012 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA5
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(215, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(215, 7%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -0.39, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 4.28, 264.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0027 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.012 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1539, 33.9424, 40.4476)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA5 #A5A099

analogous

#99A4A5 #999EA5 #9A99A5

triadic

#999EA5 #A5999E #9EA599

tetradic

#999EA5 #A599A4 #A5A099 #99A59A

square

#999EA5 #A599A4 #A5A099 #99A59A

split-complementary

#999EA5 #A59A99 #A4A599

monochromatic

#5C6168 #787F88 #999EA5 #BABDC2 #DADCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#999EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA5

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA5	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.012 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7babf',
    500: '#999ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea5;
$custom-light: #b7babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69739,
    "c": 0.01172,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA5

secondary

#CFCDCB

accent

#785590

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA5

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

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