#a5ac8a

Color #a5ac8a

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 15.72 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a5ac8a

RGB

rgb(165, 172, 138)

HSL

hsl(72.4, 17%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.4, 19.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69, -8.47, 16.7)

LCH

lch(69, 18.73, 116.89)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0479, 117.05)

HWB

hwb(72.4, 54.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#918aac

Analogous

#aca28a

#a5ac8a

#94ac8a

Triadic

#a5ac8a

#8aa5ac

#ac8aa5

Split-complementary

#a5ac8a

#8a94ac

#a28aac

Tetradic

#a5ac8a

#8aac91

#918aac

#ac8aa5

Square

#a5ac8a

#8aaca2

#918aac

#ac8a94

Shades

Color #a5ac8a mixed toward black.

#8e976c

#727956

#555b40

#393c2b

#1c1e15

Tints

Color #a5ac8a mixed toward white.

#b4ba9e

#c3c8b1

#d2d6c5

#e1e3d8

#f0f1ec

Tones

Color #a5ac8a mixed toward gray.

#a3a98d

#a2a690

#a0a493

#9ea195

#9d9e98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a893 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a795 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#a59a9b · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5ac8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5ac8a]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a5ac8a (#a5ac8a) is rgb(165, 172, 138) in RGB.

No, #a5ac8a 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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