#9ca08e

Color #9ca08e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.91 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca08e

RGB

rgb(156, 160, 142)

HSL

hsl(73.3, 8.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(73.3, 11.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 11.2%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(65.09, -4.76, 8.9)

LCH

lch(65.09, 10.09, 118.14)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.026, 117.26)

HWB

hwb(73.3, 55.7%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#928ea0

Analogous

#a09b8e

#9ca08e

#93a08e

Triadic

#9ca08e

#8e9ca0

#a08e9c

Split-complementary

#9ca08e

#8e93a0

#9b8ea0

Tetradic

#9ca08e

#8ea092

#928ea0

#a08e9c

Square

#9ca08e

#8ea09b

#928ea0

#a08e93

Shades

Color #9ca08e mixed toward black.

#848973

#6a6d5c

#4f5245

#35372e

#1a1b17

Tints

Color #9ca08e mixed toward white.

#acb0a1

#bdc0b4

#cdd0c6

#dedfd9

#eeefec

Tones

Color #9ca08e mixed toward gray.

#9b9f8f

#9a9d91

#999b92

#999a94

#989895

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e93 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#9e9d94 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#9c9697 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca08e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca08e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#9ca08e (#9ca08e) is rgb(156, 160, 142) in RGB.

No, #9ca08e 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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