#9eb3aa

Color #9eb3aa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#9eb3aa

RGB

rgb(158, 179, 170)

HSL

hsl(154.3, 12.1%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(154.3, 11.7%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(71.15, -9.02, 2.14)

LCH

lch(71.15, 9.27, 166.65)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0265, 168.01)

HWB

hwb(154.3, 62%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b39ea7

Analogous

#9eb3a0

#9eb3aa

#9eb2b3

Triadic

#9eb3aa

#aa9eb3

#b3aa9e

Split-complementary

#9eb3aa

#b39eb2

#b3a09e

Tetradic

#9eb3aa

#9ea7b3

#b39ea7

#b3aa9e

Square

#9eb3aa

#a09eb3

#b39ea7

#b2b39e

Shades

Color #9eb3aa mixed toward black.

#7f9a8e

#637e72

#4a5e56

#313f39

#191f1d

Tints

Color #9eb3aa mixed toward white.

#aec0b8

#beccc6

#cfd9d5

#dfe6e3

#eff2f1

Tones

Color #9eb3aa mixed toward gray.

#a0b1aa

#a2b0aa

#a3aea9

#a5aca9

#a7aaa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ac · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#a6a5ad · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#9faeae · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9eb3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9eb3aa]

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Frequently asked questions

#9eb3aa (#9eb3aa) is rgb(158, 179, 170) in RGB.

No, #9eb3aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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