Lemon Grass Color
Lemon Grass is a gray color with hex code #9B9E8F. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with lemon grass, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Lemon Grass Color Values
What Does Lemon Grass Mean?
Lemon Grass belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Lemon Grass sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Lemon Grass is classified as a green (nearest centroid: pale green, #8DA399).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Lemon Grass
Lemon Grass and #928F9E are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #9E998F and #949E8F, which sit beside lemon grass on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair lemon grass with triadic partners #8F9B9E and #9E8F9B. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Greyish —
#A8A495(Delta E 4) - Grey Olive —
#A9A491(Delta E 5) - Dawn —
#A6A29A(Delta E 5) - Napa —
#ACA494(Delta E 5) - Delta —
#A4A49D(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #9B9E8F; }
.background { background-color: #9B9E8F; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9B9E8F; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #9B9E8F40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for lemon grass?
Lemon Grass has the hex code #9B9E8F. In RGB notation it is rgb(155, 158, 143), in HSL it is hsl(72, 7%, 59%), and its OKLCH value is 0.692, 0.022, 116.2.
What does the color lemon grass mean?
Gray-family colors like lemon grass carry distinct psychological associations. Lemon Grass belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Lemon Grass sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with lemon grass?
Lemon Grass has three easy routes: its complement #928F9E for punch, its neighbors #9E998F and #949E8F for something calmer, or triadic partners #8F9B9E and #9E8F9B when you want energy.
Is lemon grass a standard web color?
No — Lemon Grass is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #9B9E8F or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make lemon grass lighter or darker?
To lighten lemon grass, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #EEEEEC (lightest tint) to #1B1B18 (darkest shade).
About Lemon Grass
Lemon Grass is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #9B9E8F to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.