#979d95

Color #979d95

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.23 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#979d95

RGB

rgb(151, 157, 149)

HSL

hsl(105, 3.9%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(105, 5.1%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(64.05, -3.69, 3.43)

LCH

lch(64.05, 5.04, 137.09)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0134, 137.73)

HWB

hwb(105, 58.4%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b959d

Analogous

#9b9d95

#979d95

#959d97

Triadic

#979d95

#95979d

#9d9597

Split-complementary

#979d95

#97959d

#9d959b

Tetradic

#979d95

#959d9b

#9b959d

#9d9597

Square

#979d95

#959b9d

#9b959d

#9d9795

Shades

Color #979d95 mixed toward black.

#7d847b

#646a62

#4b4f4a

#323531

#191a19

Tints

Color #979d95 mixed toward white.

#a8ada7

#babeb8

#cbceca

#dcdedc

#eeefed

Tones

Color #979d95 mixed toward gray.

#979c96

#989c96

#989b97

#989a98

#999a98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a97 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#999997 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#979999 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 5.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #979d95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979d95]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Frequently asked questions

#979d95 (#979d95) is rgb(151, 157, 149) in RGB.

No, #979d95 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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