#999F97#999F97

#999F97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F97
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(105, 4%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(105, 5%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -3.68, 3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 5.03, 137.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0099 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1200, 33.8028, 34.1573)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999F97 #9D979F

analogous

#9D9F97 #999F97 #979F99

triadic

#999F97 #97999F #9F9799

tetradic

#999F97 #979D9F #9D979F #9F9997

square

#999F97 #979D9F #9D979F #9F9997

split-complementary

#999F97 #99979F #9F979D

monochromatic

#5C625A #7A8177 #999F97 #B8BCB7 #D7DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#999F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#999F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F97

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F97	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbb5',
    500: '#999f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f97;
$custom-light: #b7bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.01337,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F97

secondary

#CAC7CA

accent

#588E80

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F97

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

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