#a3aca5

Color #a3aca5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a3aca5

RGB

rgb(163, 172, 165)

HSL

hsl(133.3, 5.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(133.3, 5.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.48, -4.51, 2.5)

LCH

lch(69.48, 5.16, 151)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0142, 152.71)

HWB

hwb(133.3, 63.9%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca3aa

Analogous

#a6aca3

#a3aca5

#a3acaa

Triadic

#a3aca5

#a5a3ac

#aca5a3

Split-complementary

#a3aca5

#aaa3ac

#aca3a6

Tetradic

#a3aca5

#a3aaac

#aca3aa

#aca5a3

Square

#a3aca5

#a3a6ac

#aca3aa

#acaaa3

Shades

Color #a3aca5 mixed toward black.

#869188

#6a756d

#4f5851

#353b36

#1a1d1b

Tints

Color #a3aca5 mixed toward white.

#b2bab4

#c2c8c3

#d1d5d2

#e0e3e1

#f0f1f0

Tones

Color #a3aca5 mixed toward gray.

#a4aba5

#a5aba6

#a5aaa6

#a6a9a7

#a7a8a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#a6a6a7 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#a3a8a8 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a3aca5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a3aca5]

Related colors

Sea Green #2e8b57

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Frequently asked questions

#a3aca5 (#a3aca5) is rgb(163, 172, 165) in RGB.

No, #a3aca5 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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