#a4ac97

Color #a4ac97

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.91 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a4ac97

RGB

rgb(164, 172, 151)

HSL

hsl(82.9, 11.2%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(82.9, 12.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.21, -6.69, 9.85)

LCH

lch(69.21, 11.91, 124.18)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.031, 124.2)

HWB

hwb(82.9, 59.2%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f97ac

Analogous

#aca997

#a4ac97

#99ac97

Triadic

#a4ac97

#97a4ac

#ac97a4

Split-complementary

#a4ac97

#9799ac

#a997ac

Tetradic

#a4ac97

#97ac9f

#9f97ac

#ac97a4

Square

#a4ac97

#97aca9

#9f97ac

#ac9799

Shades

Color #a4ac97 mixed toward black.

#8a9479

#6e7860

#535a48

#373c30

#1c1e18

Tints

Color #a4ac97 mixed toward white.

#b3baa8

#c2c8ba

#d1d5cb

#e1e3dc

#f0f1ee

Tones

Color #a4ac97 mixed toward gray.

#a3aa99

#a3a89a

#a3a79c

#a2a59e

#a2a3a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a89c · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#a7a69e · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#a4a1a1 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a4ac97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a4ac97]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#a4ac97 (#a4ac97) is rgb(164, 172, 151) in RGB.

No, #a4ac97 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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