#979a7f

Color #979a7f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 16.41 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#979a7f

RGB

rgb(151, 154, 127)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 11.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 17.5%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 17.5%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(62.7, -5.92, 13.84)

LCH

lch(62.7, 15.05, 113.16)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0386, 112.57)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 49.8%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#827f9a

Analogous

#9a907f

#979a7f

#899a7f

Triadic

#979a7f

#7f979a

#9a7f97

Split-complementary

#979a7f

#7f899a

#907f9a

Tetradic

#979a7f

#7f9a82

#827f9a

#9a7f97

Square

#979a7f

#7f9a90

#827f9a

#9a7f89

Shades

Color #979a7f mixed toward black.

#808367

#666953

#4d4f3e

#333429

#1a1a15

Tints

Color #979a7f mixed toward white.

#a8ab94

#babcaa

#cbcdbf

#dcddd4

#eeeeea

Tones

Color #979a7f mixed toward gray.

#959881

#949683

#929386

#909188

#8e8f8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#989886 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#989888 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#978c8d · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979a7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979a7f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#979a7f (#979a7f) is rgb(151, 154, 127) in RGB.

No, #979a7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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