#9fa3a1

Color #9fa3a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.22 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa3a1

RGB

rgb(159, 163, 161)

HSL

hsl(150, 2.1%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(150, 2.5%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(66.63, -1.81, 0.54)

LCH

lch(66.63, 1.89, 163.39)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0054, 164.93)

HWB

hwb(150, 62.4%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39fa1

Analogous

#9fa39f

#9fa3a1

#9fa3a3

Triadic

#9fa3a1

#a19fa3

#a3a19f

Split-complementary

#9fa3a1

#a39fa3

#a39f9f

Tetradic

#9fa3a1

#9fa1a3

#a39fa1

#a3a19f

Square

#9fa3a1

#9f9fa3

#a39fa1

#a3a39f

Shades

Color #9fa3a1 mixed toward black.

#848986

#696e6b

#4f5250

#353736

#1a1b1b

Tints

Color #9fa3a1 mixed toward white.

#afb2b1

#bfc2c0

#cfd1d0

#dfe0e0

#eff0ef

Tones

Color #9fa3a1 mixed toward gray.

#9fa3a1

#a0a2a1

#a1a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#a1a0a2 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#9fa2a2 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 2.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa3a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa3a1]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#9fa3a1 (#9fa3a1) is rgb(159, 163, 161) in RGB.

No, #9fa3a1 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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