#969888

Color #969888

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.36 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#969888

RGB

rgb(150, 152, 136)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 7.2%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 10.5%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(62.27, -3.69, 8.18)

LCH

lch(62.27, 8.97, 114.28)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0231, 112.68)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 53.3%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8898

Analogous

#989288

#969888

#8e9888

Triadic

#969888

#889698

#988896

Split-complementary

#969888

#888e98

#928898

Tetradic

#969888

#88988a

#8a8898

#988896

Square

#969888

#889892

#8a8898

#98888e

Shades

Color #969888 mixed toward black.

#7f816f

#656759

#4c4d43

#33332d

#191a16

Tints

Color #969888 mixed toward white.

#a8a99c

#b9bab0

#cbccc4

#dcddd7

#eeeeeb

Tones

Color #969888 mixed toward gray.

#959789

#94958b

#93948c

#92938d

#91918f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#97978c · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#97978d · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#968f90 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 8.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #969888;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969888]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#969888 (#969888) is rgb(150, 152, 136) in RGB.

No, #969888 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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