#adb8a6

Color #adb8a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#adb8a6

RGB

rgb(173, 184, 166)

HSL

hsl(96.7, 11.2%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.7, 9.8%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(73.49, -7.17, 7.84)

LCH

lch(73.49, 10.62, 132.44)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0279, 133.11)

HWB

hwb(96.7, 65.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1a6b8

Analogous

#b6b8a6

#adb8a6

#a6b8a8

Triadic

#adb8a6

#a6adb8

#b8a6ad

Split-complementary

#adb8a6

#a8a6b8

#b8a6b6

Tetradic

#adb8a6

#a6b8b1

#b1a6b8

#b8a6ad

Square

#adb8a6

#a6b6b8

#b1a6b8

#b8a8a6

Shades

Color #adb8a6 mixed toward black.

#8f9e86

#728268

#55614e

#394134

#1c201a

Tints

Color #adb8a6 mixed toward white.

#bbc4b5

#c8d0c4

#d6dbd2

#e4e7e1

#f1f3f0

Tones

Color #adb8a6 mixed toward gray.

#adb6a7

#aeb5a9

#aeb3aa

#aeb2ac

#afb0ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2ab · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#b1b0ac · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#aeaeaf · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 10.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #adb8a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adb8a6]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#adb8a6 (#adb8a6) is rgb(173, 184, 166) in RGB.

No, #adb8a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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