#99ACA9#99ACA9

#99ACA9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.022 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99ACA9
RGB	rgb(153, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(171, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -7.20, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 7.23, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0215 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.022 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0492, 39.1413, 43.2369)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99ACA9 #AC999C

analogous

#99AC9F #99ACA9 #99A5AC

triadic

#99ACA9 #A999AC #ACA999

tetradic

#99ACA9 #9F99AC #AC999C #A5AC99

square

#99ACA9 #9F99AC #AC999C #A5AC99

split-complementary

#99ACA9 #AC99A5 #AC9F99

monochromatic

#5B706C #77918D #99ACA9 #BBC7C5 #DCE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#99ACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#99ACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99ACA9

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99ACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99ACA9	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.022 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7c4c2',
    500: '#99aca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aca9;
$custom-light: #b7c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.02163,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99ACA9

secondary

#D4CDCE

accent

#515C94

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #99ACA9

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

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