#c9cac5

Color #c9cac5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.34 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cac5

RGB

rgb(201, 202, 197)

HSL

hsl(72, 4.5%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72, 2.5%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(81.12, -1.25, 2.37)

LCH

lch(81.12, 2.68, 117.81)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.0069, 115.82)

HWB

hwb(72, 77.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6c5ca

Analogous

#cac8c5

#c9cac5

#c6cac5

Triadic

#c9cac5

#c5c9ca

#cac5c9

Split-complementary

#c9cac5

#c5c6ca

#c8c5ca

Tetradic

#c9cac5

#c5cac6

#c6c5ca

#cac5c9

Square

#c9cac5

#c5cac8

#c6c5ca

#cac5c6

Shades

Color #c9cac5 mixed toward black.

#a9aaa2

#888a7f

#66685f

#44453f

#222320

Tints

Color #c9cac5 mixed toward white.

#d2d3cf

#dbdcd8

#e4e4e2

#ededec

#f6f6f5

Tones

Color #c9cac5 mixed toward gray.

#c9c9c5

#c8c9c6

#c8c8c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9c6 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#c9c9c7 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#c9c7c7 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 2.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cac5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cac5]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#c9cac5 (#c9cac5) is rgb(201, 202, 197) in RGB.

No, #c9cac5 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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