#978d7d

Color #978d7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.34 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#978d7d

RGB

rgb(151, 141, 125)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 11.1%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 17.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 17.2%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(59.08, 0.92, 9.88)

LCH

lch(59.08, 9.92, 84.68)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.026, 79.6)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 49%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d8797

Analogous

#97807d

#978d7d

#94977d

Triadic

#978d7d

#7d978d

#8d7d97

Split-complementary

#978d7d

#7d9497

#807d97

Tetradic

#978d7d

#87977d

#7d8797

#8d7d97

Square

#978d7d

#7d9780

#7d8797

#977d94

Shades

Color #978d7d mixed toward black.

#807666

#665e52

#4d473d

#332f29

#1a1814

Tints

Color #978d7d mixed toward white.

#a8a093

#bab3a8

#cbc6be

#dcd9d4

#eeece9

Tones

Color #978d7d mixed toward gray.

#958c7f

#938c81

#908b83

#8e8b86

#8c8a88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#939381 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#939482 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#978485 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #978d7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#978d7d]

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Frequently asked questions

#978d7d (#978d7d) is rgb(151, 141, 125) in RGB.

No, #978d7d 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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