#999FA4#999FA4

#999FA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.010 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FA4
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 164)
HSL	hsl(207, 6%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 7%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -1.14, -3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 3.53, 251.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0046 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.01 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2345, 34.2487, 40.0272)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FA4 #A49E99

analogous

#99A4A3 #999FA4 #999AA4

triadic

#999FA4 #A4999F #9FA499

tetradic

#999FA4 #A399A4 #A49E99 #9AA499

square

#999FA4 #A399A4 #A49E99 #9AA499

split-complementary

#999FA4 #A4999A #A4A399

monochromatic

#5C6267 #798187 #999FA4 #B9BDC1 #DADCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#999FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#999FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FA4

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FA4	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.010 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbbf',
    500: '#999fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fa4;
$custom-light: #b7bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 5.699,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6992,
    "c": 0.01005,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FA4

secondary

#CECCCA

accent

#705690

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FA4

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

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