#a3aa8e

Color #a3aa8e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.58 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a3aa8e

RGB

rgb(163, 170, 142)

HSL

hsl(75, 14.1%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 16.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 16.5%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.38, -7.52, 13.62)

LCH

lch(68.38, 15.56, 118.9)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0401, 118.8)

HWB

hwb(75, 55.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#958eaa

Analogous

#aaa38e

#a3aa8e

#95aa8e

Triadic

#a3aa8e

#8ea3aa

#aa8ea3

Split-complementary

#a3aa8e

#8e95aa

#a38eaa

Tetradic

#a3aa8e

#8eaa95

#958eaa

#aa8ea3

Square

#a3aa8e

#8eaaa3

#958eaa

#aa8e95

Shades

Color #a3aa8e mixed toward black.

#8b9470

#6f7759

#545943

#383b2d

#1c1e16

Tints

Color #a3aa8e mixed toward white.

#b2b8a1

#c2c6b4

#d1d5c7

#e0e3d9

#f0f1ec

Tones

Color #a3aa8e mixed toward gray.

#a2a890

#a1a593

#a0a395

#9ea197

#9d9e9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a695 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a6a597 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#a39b9c · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3aa8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3aa8e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a3aa8e (#a3aa8e) is rgb(163, 170, 142) in RGB.

No, #a3aa8e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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