#c9cac8

Color #c9cac8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 3.54 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-300 #d4d4d4 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cac8

RGB

rgb(201, 202, 200)

HSL

hsl(90, 1.9%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 1%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(81.2, -0.71, 0.87)

LCH

lch(81.2, 1.12, 129.22)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.0029, 128.05)

HWB

hwb(90, 78.4%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9c8ca

Analogous

#cacac8

#c9cac8

#c8cac8

Triadic

#c9cac8

#c8c9ca

#cac8c9

Split-complementary

#c9cac8

#c8c8ca

#cac8ca

Tetradic

#c9cac8

#c8cac9

#c9c8ca

#cac8c9

Square

#c9cac8

#c8caca

#c9c8ca

#cac8c8

Shades

Color #c9cac8 mixed toward black.

#a7a9a6

#868884

#646663

#434442

#212221

Tints

Color #c9cac8 mixed toward white.

#d2d3d1

#dbdcda

#e4e4e3

#ededed

#f6f6f6

Tones

Color #c9cac8 mixed toward gray.

#c9cac8

#c9c9c8

#c9c9c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9c8 · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 1.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cac8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cac8]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#c9cac8 (#c9cac8) is rgb(201, 202, 200) in RGB.

No, #c9cac8 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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