#999FA2#999FA2

#999FA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.008 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FA2
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(200, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -1.55, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 2.77, 236.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0054 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.008 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0553, 34.1770, 39.0834)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FA2 #A29C99

analogous

#99A2A1 #999FA2 #999BA2

triadic

#999FA2 #A2999F #9FA299

tetradic

#999FA2 #A199A2 #A29C99 #9BA299

square

#999FA2 #A199A2 #A29C99 #9BA299

split-complementary

#999FA2 #A2999B #A2A199

monochromatic

#5C6265 #798185 #999FA2 #B9BDBF #D9DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#999FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FA2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FA2	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.008 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbbd',
    500: '#999fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fa2;
$custom-light: #b7bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 4.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.00819,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FA2

secondary

#CDCBCA

accent

#6A578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FA2

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

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