#9fa48e

Color #9fa48e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 12.6 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#9fa48e

RGB

rgb(159, 164, 142)

HSL

hsl(73.6, 10.8%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(73.6, 13.4%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 0%, 13.4%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(66.42, -5.8, 10.82)

LCH

lch(66.42, 12.28, 118.19)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0316, 117.7)

HWB

hwb(73.6, 55.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#938ea4

Analogous

#a49e8e

#9fa48e

#94a48e

Triadic

#9fa48e

#8e9fa4

#a48e9f

Split-complementary

#9fa48e

#8e94a4

#9e8ea4

Tetradic

#9fa48e

#8ea493

#938ea4

#a48e9f

Square

#9fa48e

#8ea49e

#938ea4

#a48e94

Shades

Color #9fa48e mixed toward black.

#878d72

#6c715b

#515544

#36392d

#1b1c17

Tints

Color #9fa48e mixed toward white.

#afb3a1

#bfc2b4

#cfd2c6

#dfe1d9

#eff0ec

Tones

Color #9fa48e mixed toward gray.

#9ea290

#9da092

#9c9f93

#9b9d95

#9a9b97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a194 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#a1a195 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#9f9899 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9fa48e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9fa48e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#9fa48e (#9fa48e) is rgb(159, 164, 142) in RGB.

No, #9fa48e 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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