#9e9896

Color #9e9896

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.49 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9896

RGB

rgb(158, 152, 150)

HSL

hsl(15, 4%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(15, 5.1%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 5.1%, 38%)

LAB

lab(63.28, 1.82, 1.83)

LCH

lch(63.28, 2.58, 45.16)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0077, 39.71)

HWB

hwb(15, 58.8%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969c9e

Analogous

#9e9698

#9e9896

#9e9c96

Triadic

#9e9896

#969e98

#98969e

Split-complementary

#9e9896

#969e9c

#96989e

Tetradic

#9e9896

#9c9e96

#969c9e

#98969e

Square

#9e9896

#989e96

#969c9e

#9c969e

Shades

Color #9e9896 mixed toward black.

#857e7b

#6b6563

#504b4a

#353231

#1b1919

Tints

Color #9e9896 mixed toward white.

#aea9a7

#bebab9

#cfccca

#dfdddc

#efeeed

Tones

Color #9e9896 mixed toward gray.

#9d9897

#9d9997

#9c9998

#9b9999

#9b9a99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b96 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9c9c97 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#9e9797 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 3.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9896]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#9e9896 (#9e9896) is rgb(158, 152, 150) in RGB.

No, #9e9896 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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