#989c8a

Color #989c8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#989c8a

RGB

rgb(152, 156, 138)

HSL

hsl(73.3, 8.3%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(73.3, 11.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(63.58, -4.78, 8.94)

LCH

lch(63.58, 10.14, 118.13)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0261, 117.35)

HWB

hwb(73.3, 54.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8a9c

Analogous

#9c978a

#989c8a

#8f9c8a

Triadic

#989c8a

#8a989c

#9c8a98

Split-complementary

#989c8a

#8a8f9c

#978a9c

Tetradic

#989c8a

#8a9c8e

#8e8a9c

#9c8a98

Square

#989c8a

#8a9c97

#8e8a9c

#9c8a8f

Shades

Color #989c8a mixed toward black.

#808570

#666a5a

#4d5043

#33352d

#1a1b16

Tints

Color #989c8a mixed toward white.

#a9ac9d

#babdb1

#cbcdc4

#ddded8

#eeeeeb

Tones

Color #989c8a mixed toward gray.

#979a8b

#96998d

#95978e

#959690

#949491

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a8f · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9a9990 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#989293 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #989c8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#989c8a]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#989c8a (#989c8a) is rgb(152, 156, 138) in RGB.

No, #989c8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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