#9ca297

Color #9ca297

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.36 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#9ca297

RGB

rgb(156, 162, 151)

HSL

hsl(92.7, 5.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(92.7, 6.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(65.86, -4.23, 4.98)

LCH

lch(65.86, 6.53, 130.34)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0171, 130.49)

HWB

hwb(92.7, 59.2%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d97a2

Analogous

#a2a297

#9ca297

#97a298

Triadic

#9ca297

#979ca2

#a2979c

Split-complementary

#9ca297

#9897a2

#a297a2

Tetradic

#9ca297

#97a29d

#9d97a2

#a2979c

Square

#9ca297

#97a2a2

#9d97a2

#a29897

Shades

Color #9ca297 mixed toward black.

#82897c

#686e63

#4e534a

#343731

#1a1c19

Tints

Color #9ca297 mixed toward white.

#adb2a8

#bdc1ba

#ced1cb

#dee0dc

#eff0ee

Tones

Color #9ca297 mixed toward gray.

#9ca198

#9ca099

#9c9f9a

#9c9e9b

#9c9d9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9f9a · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#9e9e9a · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9ca297;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9ca297]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#9ca297 (#9ca297) is rgb(156, 162, 151) in RGB.

No, #9ca297 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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