#9c9a98

Color #9c9a98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.69 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9c9a98

RGB

rgb(156, 154, 152)

HSL

hsl(30, 2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 2.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 2.6%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(63.71, 0.35, 1.3)

LCH

lch(63.71, 1.35, 74.93)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0038, 68.2)

HWB

hwb(30, 59.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989a9c

Analogous

#9c9898

#9c9a98

#9c9c98

Triadic

#9c9a98

#989c9a

#9a989c

Split-complementary

#9c9a98

#989c9c

#98989c

Tetradic

#9c9a98

#9a9c98

#989a9c

#9a989c

Square

#9c9a98

#989c98

#989a9c

#9c989c

Shades

Color #9c9a98 mixed toward black.

#83807e

#696765

#4f4d4b

#343332

#1a1a19

Tints

Color #9c9a98 mixed toward white.

#adaba9

#bdbcba

#cecdcc

#dedddd

#efeeee

Tones

Color #9c9a98 mixed toward gray.

#9c9a98

#9b9a99

#9a9a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b98 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#9b9b99 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#9c9999 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 1.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9c9a98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9c9a98]

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Frequently asked questions

#9c9a98 (#9c9a98) is rgb(156, 154, 152) in RGB.

No, #9c9a98 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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