#a6aa99

Color #a6aa99

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a6aa99

RGB

rgb(166, 170, 153)

HSL

hsl(74.1, 9.1%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(74.1, 10%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 10%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.86, -4.54, 8.28)

LCH

lch(68.86, 9.44, 118.74)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0244, 117.82)

HWB

hwb(74.1, 60%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d99aa

Analogous

#aaa599

#a6aa99

#9daa99

Triadic

#a6aa99

#99a6aa

#aa99a6

Split-complementary

#a6aa99

#999daa

#a599aa

Tetradic

#a6aa99

#99aa9d

#9d99aa

#aa99a6

Square

#a6aa99

#99aaa5

#9d99aa

#aa999d

Shades

Color #a6aa99 mixed toward black.

#8c917c

#717562

#555849

#383b31

#1c1d18

Tints

Color #a6aa99 mixed toward white.

#b5b8aa

#c4c6bb

#d2d4cc

#e1e3dd

#f0f1ee

Tones

Color #a6aa99 mixed toward gray.

#a5a99a

#a4a79c

#a4a69d

#a3a49f

#a2a3a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a89d · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a79e · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#a6a1a1 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6aa99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6aa99]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a6aa99 (#a6aa99) is rgb(166, 170, 153) in RGB.

No, #a6aa99 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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