#9ca198

Color #9ca198

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.47 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca198

RGB

rgb(156, 161, 152)

HSL

hsl(93.3, 4.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(93.3, 5.6%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(65.61, -3.5, 4.06)

LCH

lch(65.61, 5.36, 130.76)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.014, 130.96)

HWB

hwb(93.3, 59.6%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d98a1

Analogous

#a1a198

#9ca198

#98a199

Triadic

#9ca198

#989ca1

#a1989c

Split-complementary

#9ca198

#9998a1

#a198a1

Tetradic

#9ca198

#98a19d

#9d98a1

#a1989c

Square

#9ca198

#98a1a1

#9d98a1

#a19998

Shades

Color #9ca198 mixed toward black.

#82887d

#686d64

#4e524b

#343732

#1a1b19

Tints

Color #9ca198 mixed toward white.

#adb1a9

#bdc0ba

#ced0cc

#dee0dd

#efefee

Tones

Color #9ca198 mixed toward gray.

#9ca099

#9ca09a

#9c9f9a

#9c9e9b

#9c9d9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9e9a · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#9e9e9b · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca198;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca198]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#9ca198 (#9ca198) is rgb(156, 161, 152) in RGB.

No, #9ca198 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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