#9e9794

Color #9e9794

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#9e9794

RGB

rgb(158, 151, 148)

HSL

hsl(18, 4.9%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(18, 6.3%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 6.3%, 38%)

LAB

lab(62.96, 2.01, 2.49)

LCH

lch(62.96, 3.2, 51.09)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0093, 45)

HWB

hwb(18, 58%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949b9e

Analogous

#9e9496

#9e9794

#9e9c94

Triadic

#9e9794

#949e97

#97949e

Split-complementary

#9e9794

#949e9c

#94969e

Tetradic

#9e9794

#9b9e94

#949b9e

#97949e

Square

#9e9794

#969e94

#949b9e

#9c949e

Shades

Color #9e9794 mixed toward black.

#867d79

#6b6461

#504b49

#353231

#1b1918

Tints

Color #9e9794 mixed toward white.

#aea8a6

#bebab8

#cecbca

#dfdcdb

#efeeed

Tones

Color #9e9794 mixed toward gray.

#9d9795

#9c9896

#9b9897

#9a9998

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9b95 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#9b9c95 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#9e9595 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9e9794;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9e9794]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#9e9794 (#9e9794) is rgb(158, 151, 148) in RGB.

No, #9e9794 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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