#999FA3#999FA3

#999FA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FA3
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(204, 5%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -1.34, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 3.13, 244.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.005 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1445, 34.2127, 39.5534)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FA3 #A39D99

analogous

#99A3A2 #999FA3 #999AA3

triadic

#999FA3 #A3999F #9FA399

tetradic

#999FA3 #A299A3 #A39D99 #9AA399

square

#999FA3 #A299A3 #A39D99 #9AA399

split-complementary

#999FA3 #A3999A #A3A299

monochromatic

#5C6266 #798186 #999FA3 #B9BDC0 #D9DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#999FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FA3

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FA3	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)

#9D9FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbbe',
    500: '#999fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fa3;
$custom-light: #b7bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 5.155,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.00905,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FA3

secondary

#CECCCA

accent

#6D568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FA3

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

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