#969a96

Color #969a96

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#969a96

RGB

rgb(150, 154, 150)

HSL

hsl(120, 1.9%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(120, 2.6%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(63.17, -2.22, 1.59)

LCH

lch(63.17, 2.73, 144.39)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0074, 145.45)

HWB

hwb(120, 58.8%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a969a

Analogous

#989a96

#969a96

#969a98

Triadic

#969a96

#96969a

#9a9696

Split-complementary

#969a96

#98969a

#9a9698

Tetradic

#969a96

#969a9a

#9a969a

#9a9696

Square

#969a96

#96989a

#9a969a

#9a9896

Shades

Color #969a96 mixed toward black.

#7c817c

#636763

#4b4d4b

#323432

#191a19

Tints

Color #969a96 mixed toward white.

#a8aba8

#b9bcb9

#cbcccb

#dcdddc

#eeeeee

Tones

Color #969a96 mixed toward gray.

#969a96

#979997

#989898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#989897 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#989797 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#969898 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 3.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #969a96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#969a96]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#969a96 (#969a96) is rgb(150, 154, 150) in RGB.

No, #969a96 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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