Information about #96998F color
Basic facts about this digital color
#96998F presents itself as a softly muted balanced grey tone — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Proton (#96988C). Slightly further away sit Archive Grey (#9A9991) and Vintage Gray (#989692).
In RGB terms — rgb(150, 153, 143) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #96998F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#96998F color variations
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#96998F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#96998F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#96998F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#96998F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#96998F color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #96998F color
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Nearest named colors to #96998F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#96988C
#9A9991
#989692
#98958D
#95948C
#949594
#999B95
#9D998F
#99938C
#9D968D
#91A092
#989898
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#96998F
- RGB150, 153, 143
- CMYK1, 0, 4, 40
- CSSrgb(150, 153, 143)
- HSL78°, 5%, 58%
- HSL Precise78°, 4.673%, 58.039%
- HSV78°, 7%, 60%
- HSB78°, 7%, 60%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.588
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.561
- GLSLvec3(0.588, 0.600, 0.561)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.588, 0.600, 0.561, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.588, 0.600, 0.561)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB56.1%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID96998F
- DECIMAL ID9869711
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers316 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
