#a9aca0

Color #a9aca0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.69 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a9aca0

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 160)

HSL

hsl(75, 6.7%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.81, -3.28, 5.8)

LCH

lch(69.81, 6.66, 119.49)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0173, 118.35)

HWB

hwb(75, 62.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a0ac

Analogous

#aca9a0

#a9aca0

#a3aca0

Triadic

#a9aca0

#a0a9ac

#aca0a9

Split-complementary

#a9aca0

#a0a3ac

#a9a0ac

Tetradic

#a9aca0

#a0aca3

#a3a0ac

#aca0a9

Square

#a9aca0

#a0aca9

#a3a0ac

#aca0a3

Shades

Color #a9aca0 mixed toward black.

#8e9283

#727667

#56594d

#393b34

#1d1e1a

Tints

Color #a9aca0 mixed toward white.

#b7bab0

#c6c8c0

#d4d5d0

#e2e3df

#f1f1ef

Tones

Color #a9aca0 mixed toward gray.

#a8aba1

#a8aaa2

#a7a9a3

#a7a8a4

#a7a7a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaa3 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#aaaaa4 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#a9a5a6 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9aca0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9aca0]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a9aca0 (#a9aca0) is rgb(169, 172, 160) in RGB.

No, #a9aca0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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