#999f87

Color #999f87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#999f87

RGB

rgb(153, 159, 135)

HSL

hsl(75, 11.1%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 15.1%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.42, -6.54, 11.81)

LCH

lch(64.42, 13.5, 118.98)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0348, 118.7)

HWB

hwb(75, 52.9%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d879f

Analogous

#9f9987

#999f87

#8d9f87

Triadic

#999f87

#87999f

#9f8799

Split-complementary

#999f87

#878d9f

#99879f

Tetradic

#999f87

#879f8d

#8d879f

#9f8799

Square

#999f87

#879f99

#8d879f

#9f878d

Shades

Color #999f87 mixed toward black.

#81886d

#676d57

#4e5241

#34362c

#1a1b16

Tints

Color #999f87 mixed toward white.

#aaaf9b

#bbbfaf

#cccfc3

#dddfd7

#eeefeb

Tones

Color #999f87 mixed toward gray.

#989d89

#979b8b

#96998d

#95978f

#949591

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9c8d · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#9b9b8f · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#999293 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #999f87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999f87]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#999f87 (#999f87) is rgb(153, 159, 135) in RGB.

No, #999f87 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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