#a4a79f

Color #a4a79f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a4a79f

RGB

rgb(164, 167, 159)

HSL

hsl(82.5, 4.3%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(82.5, 4.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(68.05, -2.57, 3.76)

LCH

lch(68.05, 4.55, 124.35)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0118, 123.29)

HWB

hwb(82.5, 62.4%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29fa7

Analogous

#a7a69f

#a4a79f

#a0a79f

Triadic

#a4a79f

#9fa4a7

#a79fa4

Split-complementary

#a4a79f

#9fa0a7

#a69fa7

Tetradic

#a4a79f

#9fa7a2

#a29fa7

#a79fa4

Square

#a4a79f

#9fa7a6

#a29fa7

#a79fa0

Shades

Color #a4a79f mixed toward black.

#898d83

#6e7168

#52554e

#373934

#1b1c1a

Tints

Color #a4a79f mixed toward white.

#b3b6af

#c2c4bf

#d1d3cf

#e1e2df

#f0f0ef

Tones

Color #a4a79f mixed toward gray.

#a4a6a0

#a3a5a1

#a3a4a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5a1 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#a5a5a1 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#a4a3a3 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4a79f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4a79f]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#a4a79f (#a4a79f) is rgb(164, 167, 159) in RGB.

No, #a4a79f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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