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#9BAA8B

#9baa8b ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#9baa8b is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 66.67% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.24% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 89.03°, with 15.42% saturation and 60.59% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 8.44.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3758

Complementary

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #9a8baa

Split complementary

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #8b8caa
  3. #a98baa

Analogous

  1. #aaa98b
  2. #9baa8b
  3. #8caa8b

Triadic

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #8b9baa
  3. #aa8b9b

Tetradic

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #8baa9a
  3. #9a8baa
  4. #aa8b9b

Square

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #8baaa9
  3. #9a8baa
  4. #aa8b8c

Monochromatic

  1. #4e5a42
  2. #758662
  3. #9baa8b
  4. #c1cab7
  5. #e7ebe3

Shades

#9baa8b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #8c997d
  3. #7c886f
  4. #6d7761
  5. #5d6653
  6. #4e5546
  7. #3e4438
  8. #2f332a
  9. #1f221c
  10. #10110e
  11. #000000

Tints

#9baa8b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #a5b397
  3. #afbba2
  4. #b9c4ae
  5. #c3ccb9
  6. #cdd5c5
  7. #d7ddd1
  8. #e1e6dc
  9. #ebeee8
  10. #f5f7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9baa8b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9baa8b
  2. #98a68a
  3. #96a289
  4. #939d88
  5. #909987
  6. #8e9586
  7. #8b9184
  8. #888d83
  9. #858882
  10. #838481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a79b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ada689 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba58c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ca7a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a78a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a78c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ca899 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9baa8b {
  color: #9baa8b;
}
Background
.bg-9baa8b {
  background-color: #9baa8b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9baa8b {
  border: 2px solid #9baa8b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9baa8b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 170 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 89 15% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9baa8b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9baa8b, #8caa8b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9baa8b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 170 139 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 8.44 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 8.67 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.32 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.86 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.04 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.37 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.87 #645574 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#9baa8b  rgb(155, 170, 139)  hsl(89, 15%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green
#9a8baa  rgb(154, 139, 170)  hsl(269, 15%, 61%)  Rose Quartz
#8b9baa  rgb(139, 155, 170)  hsl(209, 15%, 61%)  Light Slate Gray
#aa8b9b  rgb(170, 139, 155)  hsl(329, 15%, 61%)  Rose Quartz