#9eaeaa

Color #9eaeaa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9eaeaa

RGB

rgb(158, 174, 170)

HSL

hsl(165, 9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(165, 9.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(69.78, -6.36, 0.14)

LCH

lch(69.78, 6.36, 178.74)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0188, 179.09)

HWB

hwb(165, 62%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae9ea2

Analogous

#9eaea2

#9eaeaa

#9eaaae

Triadic

#9eaeaa

#aa9eae

#aeaa9e

Split-complementary

#9eaeaa

#ae9eaa

#aea29e

Tetradic

#9eaeaa

#9ea2ae

#ae9ea2

#aeaa9e

Square

#9eaeaa

#a29eae

#ae9ea2

#aaae9e

Shades

Color #9eaeaa mixed toward black.

#809590

#657974

#4c5a57

#323c3a

#191e1d

Tints

Color #9eaeaa mixed toward white.

#aebcb8

#bec9c6

#ced7d5

#dfe4e3

#eff2f1

Tones

Color #9eaeaa mixed toward gray.

#9fada9

#a1aba9

#a2aaa8

#a3a9a7

#a5a7a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5ab · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#a4a3ab · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#9facac · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9eaeaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9eaeaa]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#9eaeaa (#9eaeaa) is rgb(158, 174, 170) in RGB.

No, #9eaeaa 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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