#979f81

Color #979f81

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 17.66 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#979f81

RGB

rgb(151, 159, 129)

HSL

hsl(76, 13.5%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(76, 18.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 0%, 18.9%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.13, -8.3, 14.73)

LCH

lch(64.13, 16.91, 119.4)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0435, 119.63)

HWB

hwb(76, 50.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89819f

Analogous

#9f9881

#979f81

#889f81

Triadic

#979f81

#81979f

#9f8197

Split-complementary

#979f81

#81889f

#98819f

Tetradic

#979f81

#819f89

#89819f

#9f8197

Square

#979f81

#819f98

#89819f

#9f8188

Shades

Color #979f81 mixed toward black.

#808868

#666d53

#4d523e

#33372a

#1a1b15

Tints

Color #979f81 mixed toward white.

#a8af96

#babfab

#cbcfc0

#dcdfd5

#eeefea

Tones

Color #979f81 mixed toward gray.

#969d84

#959a86

#949889

#92958b

#91938e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b89 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#9a998b · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#978f90 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 13.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #979f81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979f81]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#979f81 (#979f81) is rgb(151, 159, 129) in RGB.

No, #979f81 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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