#999FA0#999FA0

#999FA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.007 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FA0
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(189, 4%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 4%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -1.94, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 2.32, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0062 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.007 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8789, 34.1064, 38.1546)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FA0 #A09A99

analogous

#99A09E #999FA0 #999CA0

triadic

#999FA0 #A0999F #9FA099

tetradic

#999FA0 #9E99A0 #A09A99 #9CA099

square

#999FA0 #9E99A0 #A09A99 #9CA099

split-complementary

#999FA0 #A0999C #A09E99

monochromatic

#5C6263 #798182 #999FA0 #B9BDBE #D8DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#999FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FA0

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FA0	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.007 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbbc',
    500: '#999fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fa0;
$custom-light: #b7bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 3.553,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69794,
    "c": 0.00706,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FA0

secondary

#CCC9C9

accent

#60588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FA0

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

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