Green

#a9b198

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Green, a muted green at 79 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Green color values

Every conversion for #a9b198, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9b198

RGB169, 177, 152

HSL79, 14%, 65%

HSV79, 14%, 69%

CMYK5%, 0%, 14%, 31%

Lab70.97, -7.34, 11.85

XYZ37.75, 42.15, 35.85

Decimal11121048

Web safe#999999

Pantone5635 C

Shades of green

#9ba487 #8d9776 #7e8867 #6e775a #5e664d #4f5541 #3f4434 #2f3327 #20221a #10110d

Tints of green

#b1b8a1 #b9bfab #c0c6b4 #c8cdbd #d0d4c6 #d8dbd0 #dfe2d9 #e7e9e2 #eff0ec #f7f7f5

Colors that go with green

Complementary#a098b1 Analogous#b1ac98 Analogous#9cb198 Triadic#98a9b1 Triadic#b198a9 Split complementary#989cb1 Split complementary#ad98b1

Green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 0, 14, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9b198 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 0 14 31

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 4 17 37

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Green in css

Copy #a9b198 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9b198; }
.text { color: #a9b198; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9b198; }

How green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a9b198 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9b198 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a9b198 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a9b198 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a9b198 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.