#c9cdbd

Color #c9cdbd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 9.06 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cdbd

RGB

rgb(201, 205, 189)

HSL

hsl(75, 13.8%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 7.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(81.7, -4.22, 7.49)

LCH

lch(81.7, 8.6, 119.4)

OKLCH

oklch(84.1%, 0.0222, 118.18)

HWB

hwb(75, 74.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1bdcd

Analogous

#cdc9bd

#c9cdbd

#c1cdbd

Triadic

#c9cdbd

#bdc9cd

#cdbdc9

Split-complementary

#c9cdbd

#bdc1cd

#c9bdcd

Tetradic

#c9cdbd

#bdcdc1

#c1bdcd

#cdbdc9

Square

#c9cdbd

#bdcdc9

#c1bdcd

#cdbdc1

Shades

Color #c9cdbd mixed toward black.

#abb198

#8c9472

#697055

#464b39

#23251c

Tints

Color #c9cdbd mixed toward white.

#d2d5c8

#dbded3

#e4e6de

#edeee9

#f6f7f4

Tones

Color #c9cdbd mixed toward gray.

#c8ccbe

#c8cac0

#c7c9c1

#c6c8c2

#c6c6c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcbc1 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#cbcac2 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#c9c4c5 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cdbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cdbd]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#c9cdbd (#c9cdbd) is rgb(201, 205, 189) in RGB.

No, #c9cdbd 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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