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#97B487

#97b487 ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#97b487 is a color from the green family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 70.59% green and 52.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 98.67°, with 23.08% saturation and 61.76% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#99cc99
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Relative luminance0.4097

Complementary

  1. #97b487
  2. #a487b4

Split complementary

  1. #97b487
  2. #8d87b4
  3. #b487ad

Analogous

  1. #adb487
  2. #97b487
  3. #87b48d

Triadic

  1. #97b487
  2. #8797b4
  3. #b48797

Tetradic

  1. #97b487
  2. #87b4a4
  3. #a487b4
  4. #b48797

Square

  1. #97b487
  2. #87adb4
  3. #a487b4
  4. #b48d87

Monochromatic

  1. #4c643e
  2. #6f935c
  3. #97b487
  4. #c0d1b6
  5. #e9efe5

Shades

#97b487 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #97b487
  2. #88a27a
  3. #79906c
  4. #6a7e5f
  5. #5b6c51
  6. #4c5a44
  7. #3c4836
  8. #2d3629
  9. #1e241b
  10. #0f120e
  11. #000000

Tints

#97b487 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #97b487
  2. #a1bc93
  3. #acc39f
  4. #b6cbab
  5. #c1d2b7
  6. #cbdac3
  7. #d5e1cf
  8. #e0e9db
  9. #eaf0e7
  10. #f5f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#97b487 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #97b487
  2. #95af86
  3. #92aa86
  4. #90a485
  5. #8e9f84
  6. #8c9a84
  7. #899583
  8. #879082
  9. #858a81
  10. #828581
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4af9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8ad84 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3ab89 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97b0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acb085 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9ae88 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97b29c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-97b487 {
  color: #97b487;
}
Background
.bg-97b487 {
  background-color: #97b487;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-97b487 {
  border: 2px solid #97b487;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #97b487;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 180 135;
  --color-primary-hsl: 99 23% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-97b487 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97b487, #87b48d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-97b487 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 180 135 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 3.80 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 5.57 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 5.71 #93c572 Pistachio ΔE 8.50 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.75 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.30 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 10.91 #684b78 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#97b487  rgb(151, 180, 135)  hsl(99, 23%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green
#a487b4  rgb(164, 135, 180)  hsl(279, 23%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8797b4  rgb(135, 151, 180)  hsl(219, 23%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#b48797  rgb(180, 135, 151)  hsl(339, 23%, 62%)  Puce