#a9af9e

Color #a9af9e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a9af9e

RGB

rgb(169, 175, 158)

HSL

hsl(81.2, 9.6%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(81.2, 9.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.57, -5.24, 7.99)

LCH

lch(70.57, 9.55, 123.26)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.0248, 122.99)

HWB

hwb(81.2, 62%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49eaf

Analogous

#afad9e

#a9af9e

#a1af9e

Triadic

#a9af9e

#9ea9af

#af9ea9

Split-complementary

#a9af9e

#9ea1af

#ad9eaf

Tetradic

#a9af9e

#9eafa4

#a49eaf

#af9ea9

Square

#a9af9e

#9eafad

#a49eaf

#af9ea1

Shades

Color #a9af9e mixed toward black.

#8e9680

#727a64

#565b4b

#393d32

#1d1e19

Tints

Color #a9af9e mixed toward white.

#b7bcae

#c6cabe

#d4d7cf

#e2e4df

#f1f2ef

Tones

Color #a9af9e mixed toward gray.

#a9ae9f

#a8aca1

#a8aba2

#a7a9a4

#a7a8a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaca2 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#ababa3 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#a9a6a6 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 8.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9af9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9af9e]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#a9af9e (#a9af9e) is rgb(169, 175, 158) in RGB.

No, #a9af9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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