#c9cabe

Color #c9cabe

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cabe

RGB

rgb(201, 202, 190)

HSL

hsl(65, 10.2%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65, 5.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(80.95, -2.49, 5.87)

LCH

lch(80.95, 6.38, 112.99)

OKLCH

oklch(83.5%, 0.0165, 110.64)

HWB

hwb(65, 74.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfbeca

Analogous

#cac5be

#c9cabe

#c3cabe

Triadic

#c9cabe

#bec9ca

#cabec9

Split-complementary

#c9cabe

#bec3ca

#c5beca

Tetradic

#c9cabe

#becabf

#bfbeca

#cabec9

Square

#c9cabe

#becac5

#bfbeca

#cabec3

Shades

Color #c9cabe mixed toward black.

#abad9a

#8d8f76

#6a6c58

#47483b

#23241d

Tints

Color #c9cabe mixed toward white.

#d2d3c9

#dbdcd4

#e4e5df

#edede9

#f6f6f4

Tones

Color #c9cabe mixed toward gray.

#c8c9bf

#c7c8c0

#c7c7c1

#c6c6c2

#c5c5c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9c1 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#c9c9c2 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#c9c3c4 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cabe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cabe]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9cabe (#c9cabe) is rgb(201, 202, 190) in RGB.

No, #c9cabe 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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