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#96C3AC

#96c3ac ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#96c3ac is a color from the green family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 76.47% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.79% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 149.33°, with 27.27% saturation and 67.65% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 6.98.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4849

Complementary

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #c396ad

Split complementary

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #c396c3
  3. #c39697

Analogous

  1. #97c396
  2. #96c3ac
  3. #96c3c3

Triadic

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #ac96c3
  3. #c3ac96

Tetradic

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #96adc3
  3. #c396ad
  4. #c3ac96

Square

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #9697c3
  3. #c396ad
  4. #c3c396

Monochromatic

  1. #467a5f
  2. #65a786
  3. #96c3ac
  4. #c7dfd2
  5. #f2f8f5

Shades

#96c3ac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #87b09b
  3. #789c8a
  4. #698978
  5. #5a7567
  6. #4b6256
  7. #3c4e45
  8. #2d3b34
  9. #1e2722
  10. #0f1411
  11. #000000

Tints

#96c3ac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #a1c9b4
  3. #abcfbd
  4. #b6d5c5
  5. #c0dbcd
  6. #cbe1d6
  7. #d5e7de
  8. #e0ede6
  9. #eaf3ee
  10. #f5f9f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96c3ac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96c3ac
  2. #94bca8
  3. #92b6a3
  4. #8faf9f
  5. #8da89a
  6. #8ba296
  7. #899b92
  8. #87948d
  9. #848d89
  10. #828784
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acbdb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1bcab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9b7ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8dc3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2bfab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acbcad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91c3b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96c3ac {
  color: #96c3ac;
}
Background
.bg-96c3ac {
  background-color: #96c3ac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96c3ac {
  border: 2px solid #96c3ac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96c3ac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 195 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 149 27% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96c3ac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96c3ac, #96c3c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96c3ac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 195 172 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 6.98 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 7.67 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.11 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.40 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 9.90 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.72 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.90 #693c53 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#96c3ac  rgb(150, 195, 172)  hsl(149, 27%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#c396ad  rgb(195, 150, 173)  hsl(329, 27%, 68%)  Lilac
#ac96c3  rgb(172, 150, 195)  hsl(269, 27%, 68%)  Wisteria
#c3ac96  rgb(195, 172, 150)  hsl(29, 27%, 68%)  Tan