#979d9a

Color #979d9a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#979d9a

RGB

rgb(151, 157, 154)

HSL

hsl(150, 3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(150, 3.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(64.18, -2.73, 0.82)

LCH

lch(64.18, 2.85, 163.28)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0081, 164.93)

HWB

hwb(150, 59.2%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d979a

Analogous

#979d97

#979d9a

#979d9d

Triadic

#979d9a

#9a979d

#9d9a97

Split-complementary

#979d9a

#9d979d

#9d9797

Tetradic

#979d9a

#979a9d

#9d979a

#9d9a97

Square

#979d9a

#97979d

#9d979a

#9d9d97

Shades

Color #979d9a mixed toward black.

#7d8480

#646a67

#4b4f4d

#323533

#191a1a

Tints

Color #979d9a mixed toward white.

#a8adab

#babebc

#cbcecd

#dcdedd

#eeefee

Tones

Color #979d9a mixed toward gray.

#979d9a

#989c9a

#999c9a

#999b9a

#9a9b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a9b · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#99999b · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#979b9b · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 3.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979d9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979d9a]

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Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#979d9a (#979d9a) is rgb(151, 157, 154) in RGB.

No, #979d9a 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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