#999EA6#999EA6

#999EA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.013 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999EA6
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(217, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(217, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -0.18, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 4.78, 267.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0023 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.013 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2453, 33.9789, 40.9288)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999EA6 #A6A199

analogous

#99A4A6 #999EA6 #9B99A6

triadic

#999EA6 #A6999E #9EA699

tetradic

#999EA6 #A699A4 #A6A199 #99A69B

square

#999EA6 #A699A4 #A6A199 #99A69B

split-complementary

#999EA6 #A69B99 #A4A699

monochromatic

#5C6169 #787F89 #999EA6 #BABDC3 #DADCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#999EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#999EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999EA6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999EA6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.013 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bac0',
    500: '#999ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999ea6;
$custom-light: #b7bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 6.806,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69771,
    "c": 0.013,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999EA6

secondary

#D0CECB

accent

#7A5591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999EA6

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

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