#969897

Color #969897

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#969897

RGB

rgb(150, 152, 151)

HSL

hsl(150, 1%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(150, 1.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(62.65, -0.92, 0.27)

LCH

lch(62.65, 0.96, 163.64)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0027, 164.93)

HWB

hwb(150, 58.8%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989697

Analogous

#969896

#969897

#969898

Triadic

#969897

#979698

#989796

Split-complementary

#969897

#989698

#989696

Tetradic

#969897

#969798

#989697

#989796

Square

#969897

#969698

#989697

#989896

Shades

Color #969897 mixed toward black.

#7d7f7e

#646665

#4b4c4b

#323332

#191919

Tints

Color #969897 mixed toward white.

#a7a9a8

#b9baba

#cacccb

#dcdddc

#edeeee

Tones

Color #969897 mixed toward gray.

#969897

#969797

#979797

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979797 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#979797 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#969797 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 1.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #969897;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969897]

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#969897 (#969897) is rgb(150, 152, 151) in RGB.

No, #969897 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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