#999F99#999F99

#999F99 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F99
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -3.30, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 4.07, 144.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0091 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2838, 33.8684, 35.0199)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999F99 #9F999F

analogous

#9C9F99 #999F99 #999F9C

triadic

#999F99 #99999F #9F9999

tetradic

#999F99 #999C9F #9F999F #9F9C99

square

#999F99 #999C9F #9F999F #9F9C99

split-complementary

#999F99 #9C999F #9F999C

monochromatic

#5C625C #7A817A #999F99 #B9BDB9 #D8DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#999F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#999F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F99

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F99	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)

#9F9E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbb7',
    500: '#999f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f99;
$custom-light: #b7bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69583,
    "c": 0.01101,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F99

secondary

#CBC9CB

accent

#598D8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111111

muted

#808080

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F99

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

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