#9f9b98

Color #9f9b98

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.5 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#9f9b98

RGB

rgb(159, 155, 152)

HSL

hsl(25.7, 3.5%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(25.7, 4.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 4.4%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(64.23, 0.89, 2.08)

LCH

lch(64.23, 2.26, 66.83)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0064, 59.81)

HWB

hwb(25.7, 59.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989c9f

Analogous

#9f9899

#9f9b98

#9f9f98

Triadic

#9f9b98

#989f9b

#9b989f

Split-complementary

#9f9b98

#989f9f

#98999f

Tetradic

#9f9b98

#9c9f98

#989c9f

#9b989f

Square

#9f9b98

#999f98

#989c9f

#9f989f

Shades

Color #9f9b98 mixed toward black.

#86817d

#6b6764

#504d4b

#363432

#1b1a19

Tints

Color #9f9b98 mixed toward white.

#afaca9

#bfbcba

#cfcdcc

#dfdedd

#efeeee

Tones

Color #9f9b98 mixed toward gray.

#9e9b99

#9d9b9a

#9c9b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9d99 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#9e9e99 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#9f9999 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 2.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f9b98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f9b98]

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Frequently asked questions

#9f9b98 (#9f9b98) is rgb(159, 155, 152) in RGB.

No, #9f9b98 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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