#9c9490

Color #9c9490

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9490

RGB

rgb(156, 148, 144)

HSL

hsl(20, 5.7%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20, 7.7%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 7.7%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(61.88, 2.21, 3.16)

LCH

lch(61.88, 3.86, 55.03)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0112, 48.62)

HWB

hwb(20, 56.5%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90989c

Analogous

#9c9092

#9c9490

#9c9a90

Triadic

#9c9490

#909c94

#94909c

Split-complementary

#9c9490

#909c9a

#90929c

Tetradic

#9c9490

#989c90

#90989c

#94909c

Square

#9c9490

#929c90

#90989c

#9a909c

Shades

Color #9c9490 mixed toward black.

#847b76

#6a625e

#4f4a47

#35312f

#1a1918

Tints

Color #9c9490 mixed toward white.

#aca6a2

#bdb8b5

#cdc9c7

#dedbda

#eeedec

Tones

Color #9c9490 mixed toward gray.

#9b9491

#9a9592

#999593

#989594

#979695

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999991 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#999a91 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#9c9292 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9490;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9490]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Frequently asked questions

#9c9490 (#9c9490) is rgb(156, 148, 144) in RGB.

No, #9c9490 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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