#9ca189

Color #9ca189

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.99 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca189

RGB

rgb(156, 161, 137)

HSL

hsl(72.5, 11.3%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.5, 14.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(65.25, -6.15, 11.91)

LCH

lch(65.25, 13.4, 117.31)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0345, 116.86)

HWB

hwb(72.5, 53.7%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e89a1

Analogous

#a19a89

#9ca189

#90a189

Triadic

#9ca189

#899ca1

#a1899c

Split-complementary

#9ca189

#8990a1

#9a89a1

Tetradic

#9ca189

#89a18e

#8e89a1

#a1899c

Square

#9ca189

#89a19a

#8e89a1

#a18990

Shades

Color #9ca189 mixed toward black.

#848a6e

#6a6e58

#4f5342

#35372c

#1a1c16

Tints

Color #9ca189 mixed toward white.

#acb19d

#bdc0b0

#cdd0c4

#dee0d8

#eeefeb

Tones

Color #9ca189 mixed toward gray.

#9b9f8b

#9a9d8d

#989b8f

#979991

#969793

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e8f · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#9e9e91 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#9c9495 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca189;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca189]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#9ca189 (#9ca189) is rgb(156, 161, 137) in RGB.

No, #9ca189 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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