#a6aa97

Color #a6aa97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a6aa97

RGB

rgb(166, 170, 151)

HSL

hsl(72.6, 10.1%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.6, 11.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.82, -4.88, 9.31)

LCH

lch(68.82, 10.51, 117.66)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0271, 116.75)

HWB

hwb(72.6, 59.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b97aa

Analogous

#aaa497

#a6aa97

#9caa97

Triadic

#a6aa97

#97a6aa

#aa97a6

Split-complementary

#a6aa97

#979caa

#a497aa

Tetradic

#a6aa97

#97aa9b

#9b97aa

#aa97a6

Square

#a6aa97

#97aaa4

#9b97aa

#aa979c

Shades

Color #a6aa97 mixed toward black.

#8d9279

#717660

#555848

#393b30

#1c1d18

Tints

Color #a6aa97 mixed toward white.

#b5b8a8

#c4c6ba

#d2d4cb

#e1e3dc

#f0f1ee

Tones

Color #a6aa97 mixed toward gray.

#a5a898

#a4a79a

#a3a59c

#a2a49d

#a1a29f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a89c · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#a8a79d · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#a6a0a0 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 9.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6aa97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6aa97]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a6aa97 (#a6aa97) is rgb(166, 170, 151) in RGB.

No, #a6aa97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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