#99aa9f

Color #99aa9f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#99aa9f

RGB

rgb(153, 170, 159)

HSL

hsl(141.2, 9.1%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(141.2, 10%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.04, -8.11, 3.65)

LCH

lch(68.04, 8.89, 155.77)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0247, 157.38)

HWB

hwb(141.2, 60%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa99a4

Analogous

#9baa99

#99aa9f

#99aaa7

Triadic

#99aa9f

#9f99aa

#aa9f99

Split-complementary

#99aa9f

#a799aa

#aa999b

Tetradic

#99aa9f

#99a4aa

#aa99a4

#aa9f99

Square

#99aa9f

#999baa

#aa99a4

#aaa799

Shades

Color #99aa9f mixed toward black.

#7c9183

#627569

#49584f

#313b34

#181d1a

Tints

Color #99aa9f mixed toward white.

#aab8af

#bbc6bf

#ccd4cf

#dde3df

#eef1ef

Tones

Color #99aa9f mixed toward gray.

#9aa99f

#9ca7a0

#9da6a0

#9fa4a1

#a0a3a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a2 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a09ea2 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#9aa4a4 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #99aa9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99aa9f]

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#99aa9f (#99aa9f) is rgb(153, 170, 159) in RGB.

No, #99aa9f 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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