Photo in the color Taupe gray
Pictured: Taupe gray, the closest color we have a photo of (#8B8589)
rgb(147, 151, 127)
#93977F

Swamp Sessions #93977F RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Swamp Sessions (#93977F) is a medium tinted gray. In RGB it is made of 58% red, 59% green and 50% blue (R 147, G 151, B 127). The green channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 70Β°, 10% saturation and 55% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.299, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 41% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a warm color. It goes well with cool blues and greens for contrast. For a matching look, use nearby warm tones.

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Swamp Sessions color codes

#93977F in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #93977F Valid CSS
RGB rgb(147, 151, 127) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(70, 10%, 55%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(70, 16%, 59%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(70 50% 41%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(3%, 0%, 16%, 41%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(66.64% 0.0346 115.03) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(66.64% -0.0147 0.0314) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(61.62% -4.76 12.19) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(61.62% 13.08 111.32) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.5793 0.5916 0.5071) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.2693 0.2987 0.2443) Valid CSS
Decimal 9672575 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.2987. Nearest web-safe color: #999966.

Mix Swamp Sessions with other colors

See what #93977F makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Swamp Sessions in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--swamp-sessions: #93977F;
Sass variable$swamp-sessions: #93977F;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-swamp-sessions: #93977F; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'swamp-sessions': '#93977F' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.592, blue: 0.498)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.592, blue: 0.498, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="swamp_sessions">#FF93977F</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFF93977F)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #93977F (6.97:1, AA). Here is how #93977F does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
3.01:1 on white
APCA Lc 57
AA LargeTry #757962
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
6.97:1 on black
APCA Lc -45
AA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Swamp Sessions

#93977F next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#93977F has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Swamp Sessions in a user interface

A sample app screen with #93977F as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #93977F as it is. On the light theme, #93977F is too hard to read as text (3.01:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #757962 there (4.50:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Swamp Sessions

These schemes turn the hue of #93977F around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90Β° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Swamp Sessions

Four CSS gradients made from #93977F. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #E9E9E4, #93977F);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #93977F, #25261F);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #978F7F, #93977F, #87977F);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #93977F, #89958B, #7F9397);

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Shades, tints and tones of Swamp Sessions

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Swamp Sessions sits at step 500. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F6F8EF
  2. 100
    ECEEE2
  3. 200
    DADDCD
  4. 300
    C0C3AF
  5. 400
    A2A68F
  6. 500
    93977F
  7. 600
    6B6E58
  8. 700
    545844
  9. 800
    424433
  10. 900
    303225
  11. 950
    1D1E17

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #93977F in three color systems that designers and builders use.

Ξ”E is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (Ξ”E in OKLab). Browse all shades of gray or search the color library.