#999FA6#999FA6

#999FA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.012 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999FA6
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(212, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(212, 8%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -0.74, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 4.44, 260.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0038 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.012 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4165, 34.3215, 40.9859)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999FA6 #A6A099

analogous

#99A5A6 #999FA6 #9A99A6

triadic

#999FA6 #A6999F #9FA699

tetradic

#999FA6 #A699A5 #A6A099 #99A69A

square

#999FA6 #A699A5 #A6A099 #99A69A

split-complementary

#999FA6 #A69A99 #A5A699

monochromatic

#5C6269 #788089 #999FA6 #BABEC3 #DADDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#999FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#999FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999FA6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999FA6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.012 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbc0',
    500: '#999fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999fa6;
$custom-light: #b7bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 6.806,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69984,
    "c": 0.01232,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999FA6

secondary

#D0CECB

accent

#755591

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #999FA6

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

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