#c9cac4

Color #c9cac4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.67 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cac4

RGB

rgb(201, 202, 196)

HSL

hsl(70, 5.4%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70, 3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(81.1, -1.43, 2.87)

LCH

lch(81.1, 3.21, 116.49)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.0083, 114.1)

HWB

hwb(70, 76.9%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5c4ca

Analogous

#cac8c4

#c9cac4

#c6cac4

Triadic

#c9cac4

#c4c9ca

#cac4c9

Split-complementary

#c9cac4

#c4c6ca

#c8c4ca

Tetradic

#c9cac4

#c4cac5

#c5c4ca

#cac4c9

Square

#c9cac4

#c4cac8

#c5c4ca

#cac4c6

Shades

Color #c9cac4 mixed toward black.

#a9aba1

#898b7e

#67695e

#45463f

#22231f

Tints

Color #c9cac4 mixed toward white.

#d2d3ce

#dbdcd8

#e4e4e1

#ededeb

#f6f6f5

Tones

Color #c9cac4 mixed toward gray.

#c9c9c4

#c8c9c5

#c8c8c5

#c8c8c6

#c7c7c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9c5 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#c9c9c6 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#c9c7c7 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 3.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cac4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cac4]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#c9cac4 (#c9cac4) is rgb(201, 202, 196) in RGB.

No, #c9cac4 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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