#9ea29c

Color #9ea29c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.8 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9ea29c

RGB

rgb(158, 162, 156)

HSL

hsl(100, 3.1%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(100, 3.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(66.14, -2.57, 2.62)

LCH

lch(66.14, 3.67, 134.45)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0097, 134.58)

HWB

hwb(100, 61.2%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09ca2

Analogous

#a1a29c

#9ea29c

#9ca29d

Triadic

#9ea29c

#9c9ea2

#a29c9e

Split-complementary

#9ea29c

#9d9ca2

#a29ca1

Tetradic

#9ea29c

#9ca2a0

#a09ca2

#a29c9e

Square

#9ea29c

#9ca1a2

#a09ca2

#a29d9c

Shades

Color #9ea29c mixed toward black.

#838881

#696d67

#4f524d

#343733

#1a1b1a

Tints

Color #9ea29c mixed toward white.

#aeb2ad

#bec1bd

#cfd1ce

#dfe0de

#eff0ef

Tones

Color #9ea29c mixed toward gray.

#9ea29d

#9ea19d

#9fa19e

#9fa09e

#9fa09f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a09d · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a09f9e · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#9e9f9f · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ea29c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ea29c]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Frequently asked questions

#9ea29c (#9ea29c) is rgb(158, 162, 156) in RGB.

No, #9ea29c 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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