#a5aa9d

Color #a5aa9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.4 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a5aa9d

RGB

rgb(165, 170, 157)

HSL

hsl(83.1, 7.1%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(83.1, 7.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(68.88, -4.19, 6.09)

LCH

lch(68.88, 7.39, 124.53)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0192, 124.19)

HWB

hwb(83.1, 61.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29daa

Analogous

#aaa89d

#a5aa9d

#9eaa9d

Triadic

#a5aa9d

#9da5aa

#aa9da5

Split-complementary

#a5aa9d

#9d9eaa

#a89daa

Tetradic

#a5aa9d

#9daaa2

#a29daa

#aa9da5

Square

#a5aa9d

#9daaa8

#a29daa

#aa9d9e

Shades

Color #a5aa9d mixed toward black.

#8a9180

#6f7565

#53584c

#373a33

#1c1d19

Tints

Color #a5aa9d mixed toward white.

#b4b8ad

#c3c6be

#d2d4ce

#e1e3de

#f0f1ef

Tones

Color #a5aa9d mixed toward gray.

#a5a99e

#a4a89f

#a4a7a0

#a4a6a1

#a4a5a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7a0 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#a7a7a1 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#a5a3a3 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 7.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a5aa9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5aa9d]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#a5aa9d (#a5aa9d) is rgb(165, 170, 157) in RGB.

No, #a5aa9d 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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