#979f8a

Color #979f8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 13.04 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#979f8a

RGB

rgb(151, 159, 138)

HSL

hsl(82.9, 9.9%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(82.9, 13.2%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.33, -6.78, 10)

LCH

lch(64.33, 12.08, 124.14)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0313, 124.2)

HWB

hwb(82.9, 54.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#928a9f

Analogous

#9f9c8a

#979f8a

#8c9f8a

Triadic

#979f8a

#8a979f

#9f8a97

Split-complementary

#979f8a

#8a8c9f

#9c8a9f

Tetradic

#979f8a

#8a9f92

#928a9f

#9f8a97

Square

#979f8a

#8a9f9c

#928a9f

#9f8a8c

Shades

Color #979f8a mixed toward black.

#7f886f

#656d59

#4c5243

#33362d

#191b16

Tints

Color #979f8a mixed toward white.

#a8af9d

#babfb1

#cbcfc4

#dcdfd8

#eeefeb

Tones

Color #979f8a mixed toward gray.

#969d8c

#969b8d

#969a8f

#959891

#959693

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b8f · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#9a9991 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#979494 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #979f8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#979f8a]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#979f8a (#979f8a) is rgb(151, 159, 138) in RGB.

No, #979f8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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