#9d9797

Color #9d9797

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light red.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.7 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9d9797

RGB

rgb(157, 151, 151)

HSL

hsl(0, 3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 3.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 3.8%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(62.96, 2.19, 0.78)

LCH

lch(62.96, 2.32, 19.6)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.007, 17.4)

HWB

hwb(0, 59.2%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#979d9d

Analogous

#9d979a

#9d9797

#9d9a97

Triadic

#9d9797

#979d97

#97979d

Split-complementary

#9d9797

#979d9a

#979a9d

Tetradic

#9d9797

#9d9d97

#979d9d

#97979d

Square

#9d9797

#9a9d97

#979d9d

#9a979d

Shades

Color #9d9797 mixed toward black.

#847d7d

#6a6464

#4f4b4b

#353232

#1a1919

Tints

Color #9d9797 mixed toward white.

#ada8a8

#bebaba

#cecbcb

#dedcdc

#efeeee

Tones

Color #9d9797 mixed toward gray.

#9d9797

#9c9898

#9c9999

#9b9999

#9b9a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a97 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9b9b97 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#9d9797 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9d9797;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9d9797]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#9d9797 (#9d9797) is rgb(157, 151, 151) in RGB.

No, #9d9797 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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